Aerial Photographic Interpretation
Date 10 November 2021
Event ID 1152648
Category Recording
Type Aerial Photographic Interpretation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1152648
This pit enclosure and pit-defined avenue are situated on level ground at the foot of Challoch Hill. They have been recorded as cropmarking on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 1978; 1992; 1995) and are likely of late Neolithic or Bronze Age date. The pit enclosure is oval on plan and measures about 32m from ENE to WSW by about 20m transversely, though the full circuit has not been recorded. The pit-defined avenue lies about 13m ESE of the enclosure and is formed of two rows, 16m in length, both comprising six pits. At the wider SSW end the pits are some 5m apart; at the narrower NNE end they lie just 2.4m apart.
The late Neolithic palisaded enclosure at Dunragit (NX15NW 76.1), which has an avenue of similar form, has been recorded around 700m to the SE.
Information from HES Archaeological Survey (K. Millican) 10 November 2021
