Aerial Photographic Interpretation
Date 11 November 2021
Event ID 1152630
Category Recording
Type Aerial Photographic Interpretation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1152630
This palisaded settlement has been recorded as cropmarking on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 1978; 1992; 1995) on level ground at the foot of Challoch Hill. The settlement is oval on plan, though the southern arc has not been recorded. It measures about 45m from NE to SW by at least 35m transversely within a narrow palisade trench. There are gaps on the NE and NNW. What may be a short stretch of a second (inner) palisade has been recorded about 1.5m from the outer palisade on the E. At the centre of the enclosure is a roundhouse which is defined by noncontinuous arcs of a ring-groove measuring around 10m in diameter and apparently centred on a large pit. Other pits are visible both within the NE half of the enclosure but also in the area around. The only other feature visible within the enclosure is a single arc of ring-groove which is situated immediately W of the house. A second palisaded settlement (NX15NW 25.02) has been recorded around 30m to the SE.
Information from HES Archaeological Survey (K. Millican) 11 November 2021.
