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Observation
Date 1987
Event ID 623597
Category Recording
Type Observation
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On Clais Phearnaig Burn fan, mainly on the eastern side of stream.
Large enclosure abutting longhouse 10m by 5m. Partitioned longhouse, 16m by 6m, also abutting enclosure. Two additional longhouses, 13m by 6m and 18m by 6m, also abutting. Longhouses, 12m by 5m and 14m by 5m, with adjacent massive wall foundation and stone clearance heaps. On the fan below the settlement, three corn kilns, each 3m in diameter, one set within the end of a rectangular structure. Upslope, above the track and within the tributary valley floor, three rectangular foundations, the longest with axis of 16m together with a sheal-like structure 8m by 3m. Further upstream on the right bank, a longhouse, 10m by 6m, with two possible stone founs associated. Below the track on the 'greens', rig and furrow, field dykes with evidence for stone clearance underlying dykes. Above and slightly towards the Derry, a solitary longhouse, 9m by 5m, with single entrance. Another longhouse of similar dimensions on trackside towards the Derry.
J S Smith 1987.
