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Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Event ID 560981
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/560981
Cropmarks caused by variation in vegetation growth have revealed the presence of buried archaeology in a field near Mellerstain Mill.
Though no traces of the site survive on the ground, the cropmarks clearly reveal the outline of a large, circular enclosure, defined by a broad ditch. There are two wide entrances evident, which would suggest that the site was not created for defensive purposes.
The fact that both entrances are located directly opposite to one another suggests that the monument could be a henge. Henges date to the third millennium BC, and appear to have been created for ritual and ceremonial purposes.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
