Field Visit
Date May 1981
Event ID 1164488
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1164488
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(1) Cropmarks on air photographs show that extending ESE from the public highway for a distance of about 180m on the S side of the the track leading to Newton Farmhouse, there is a cluster of at least 17 barrows, revealed by the annular or penannular markings of their enclosing ditch, and, in most cases, what appears to be a central grave pit. The barrows range in diameter from about 4m to 10m.
Interspersed among them are a number of features defined by cropmarks which defy ready classification. It is possible, on the analogy of similar markings on the mainland, that some may indicate the sites of habitations. Nothing significant is visible on the ground.
RCAHMS 1984, visited May 1981.
