Archaeology Notes

Event ID 645476

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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HY44NW 4 centred 4291 4824.

Centred at HY 4291 4824, on the Loch of Burness, is a peninsula which appears at one time to have been an island. There is a local tradition of 'Picts' houses' here and the level, turf-covered top measuring c.34.0m N-S by c.27.0m transversely, now occupied in the N by a plantycrub, shows traces of much older occupation. This, together with the name 'Burness', suggest that it has almost certainly been a place of ancient occupation, but the remains are too amorphous for classification.

Visited by OS 27 June 1970.