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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 644084
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/644084
HY31SE 15 3678 1488.
There is a mound of burnt stones about midway between the farm of Benziaroth and the main road.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited August 1928.
HY 3678 1488. An oval mound, measuring c.22.0m NW-SE by 17.0m transversely and 1.7m high on its SW side and 0.4m high on the NE, situated on level ground beside a stream.
Ploughing on the north side has spread the mound and revealed a content of burnt sandstone and black earth.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(NKB) 29 April 1966.
