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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 723248
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/723248
NT66NW 18 c. 646 675.
(Area NT 646 675) There is a stone circle (at 1000ft OD) near the summit of the ridge called Spartleton Edge, 300 yards E of the Herring Road and about 1 1/8 miles NE of Johnscleugh. It is 42ft in diameter and comprises seven small stones protruding through the peat and heather, with two others, located by probing, just under the surface. Of the visible stones, five are pointed and measure only 4-6ins across; the other two are flat and measure 1ft and 9ins in breadth respectively. There are traces of an earthen wall, with many small stones in places, on the line of the circle. A stone 2 1/2ft high, was set up recently within the circle.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 1913
The location description and distances given indicate a siting in area NT 646 675. Nothing significant was found on a wide perambulation of this area, but an enclosure was found some 600m W of this siting, and W of the Herring Road track, that has certain similarities (see NT66NW 23).
Visited by OS (JRL) 24 April 1979
