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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 667568

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/667568

NJ50NW 9 522 065

Stone-walled rectilinear enclosure on S-facing hillslope in area of rough grazing. It is open to the S but the N side measures 290m in length, and the W and E sides 150m and 60m respectively; the remains of the walls (which comprise large boulders) vary between 0.4m and 0.9m in height. An internal platform measuring 5m in diameter is set up against the wall at the NW end. The monument is threatened by forestry and visible on AAS photographs AAS/90/01/53/1-10.

Information from I A G Shepherd 11 June 1990; Information from 'The Scotsman' 4 June 1990.

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