Field Visit
Date 25 November 1997
Event ID 1127468
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
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NN81NE 44 8653 1897 to 8656 1910.
Cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 1986; CUCAP no date) have revealed a pit-defined cursus lying across the crest of a low, flat-topped ridge to the ENE of Bennybeg Craig. The cursus (EARNAP 77) comprises a subrectangular enclosure, measuring about 110m from NNE to SSW by about 35m across. Two 'horns' extend from the northern corners, each measuring about 22m in length and set at a slight angle to the rest of the monument. Set centrally outside the SSW end of the cursus there is a large pit. To the E of the cursus there is an alignment of at least six pits aligned from NW to SE. To the NW of the cursus there is an oval macula of unknown function (EARNAP 78). A pit-circle lying along the ridge to the E of the cursus is described elsewhere (NN 81NE 45).
(EARNAP 77, 78)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 25 November 1997
