Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Event ID 561266
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/561266
The remains of an earthwork occupy a low knoll in low-lying ground about 1 km north of Fans farmsteading. Roughly circular in shape, the earthwork measures approximately 50m by 58m in extent.
Although the western half of the site has been levelled, cropmarks show three roughly concentric rings. These mark the line of the ditches that enclosed the site. Until recently, upstanding earthworks on the eastern half of the site mirrored these cropmarks. No traces of structures can be seen within the interior.
This site probably represents the remains of a defended settlement or fort dating to the 1st millennium BC.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
