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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 652345

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/652345

NC86SE 8 8992 6401.

At NC 8992 6401, on a slight S-facing slope, is a sub-circular ditch averaging 3.5m wide and 0.3m deep, surrounding a hollowed oval mound measuring about 14.0m E-W by 12.0m transversely and 0.6m high. There has been no attempt to level the site. There is no trace of stone in the mound, which is wholly peat-covered, and it cannot be ascertained if the hollow is an original feature or mutilation. The ditch is bottomed with stones, particularly evident in the NW, and this appears to be a deliberate fill rather than old ground surface showing. This may be a funerary monument.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (A A) 2 November 1972.

This mound is as described and planned by previous OS surveyor, but its purpose is uncertain.

Visited by OS (J B) 21 June 1977.

(NC 897 642) Enclosure 15 by 14m set on a raised platform. No clear entrance.

R J Mercer 1980.

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