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Field Visit
Date 2 September 1980
Event ID 550106
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/550106
The plan and general appearance of this feature leave little doubt that it is a homestead moat with dimensions as supplied by the previous authorities. It comprises a silted ditch, now dry, which is crossed by a causeway on the longer (NE) side; the outflow appears to have been in the N corner. Material from the ditch has been deposited inside to form a slightly raised, level platform which is featureless, and outside to construct a retaining bank. Significantly, this bank is at its highest in the S arc where a slight lift in the natural ground level has necessitated a deeper cut of ditch. The moat lies adjacent to the parish church; the earliest record of a church hereabouts dates from about 1455. The irregular shape of the work excludes it from consideration as a henge.
Visited by OS (N K B) 2 September 1980
