Aerial Photographic Interpretation
Date 1982
Event ID 1102314
Category Recording
Type Aerial Photographic Interpretation
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On a sandy plateau 1km NNE of Glencarse village exceptionally clear cropmark indications of what appeared to be a souterrain were recorded from the air. Roughly C-shaped on plan and measuring c.22m across the horns the structure was first located by probing and then uncovered in a trial trench which confirmed that it was indeed a souterrain; doubtless originally wooden-roofed, it measured 2.25m in width internally and had been built in a trench, c5.3m wide, excavated at least 2.1m into the sand subsoil. The site is in an excellent state of preservation, possibly because of the generous depth of overlying modern topsoil.
G S Maxwell 1982
