Field Visit
Date 18 July 1990
Event ID 1150498
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1150498
NY 1085 9012 NY19SW 29
The remains of this well-preserved settlement are situated at the foot an unimproved pasture field, about 510m SSE of Dinwoodie Mains farmhouse (NY19SW 48.00). It lies on the S bank of a stream and measures 33m from E to W by 24.6m transversely within a grass-grown stony bank up to 5.3m thick and 0.6m high. On the E the interior has been levelled into the slope to a depth of at least 1m, and there is a poorly-preserved entrance on the W.
Within the interior, which is roughly polygonal on plan, there are two house-platforms; the first, on the NE, measures about 8.5m in diameter, whilst the second, on the E, is about 8.7m in diameter. Adjacent to the first, there are the grass-grown remains of a building or pen which measures about 5.5m square overall. In the centre of the S side there is a raised area of a more amorphous shape, and it too may represent the stance of a building.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 18th July 1990.
Listed as settlement.
RCAHMS 1997.
