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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 709589
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/709589
NT14SW 43 1047 4017.
(NR 1047 4017) Enclosure (NR)
OS 6" map (1968)
This ring enclosure measures 28' in internal diameter, with a shallow grooved visible in the top of the bank.
(Information from A McLaren notebook 2, 20)
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1962
This enclosure is situated on a steep slope. It measures 9.5m diameter within an earthen bank. Part of the bank on the N side is mutilated; there is no trace of an entrance. The shallow groove is no longer visible, and the interior is featureless. The purpose of this enclosure cannot be determined without excavation.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 1 September 1964 and (SFS) 28 October 1974
