Field Visit

Date June 1992

Event ID 730275

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

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On the lower N flank of Clerk Hill there is a cluster of two ring-enclosures and two enclosures. From W to E these are listed as follows:

NY 2555 9920. This ring-enclosure measures 6.4m in diameter within a bank up to 0.3m thick and 0.2m high; the external ditch is up to 1.1m broad.

NY 2556 9924. This ring-enclosure measures 5.1m in diameter within a bank up to 1.5m in thick and 0.2m high; the external ditch is up to 1.2m broad.

NY 2556 9926. This enclosure measures 10.5m from N to S by 6.6m transversely within a bank (1.7m thick and 0.2m high) and an external ditch (1.4m broad). The N end of the enclosure is open to the lip of the river terrace,

NY 2558 9925. This enclosure is set end-on to a gully and measures 9m from WNW to ESE by 6.6m transversely within a bank up to 1.8m thick and 0.2m high. There are traces of an external ditch about 1.4m broad.

Visited by RCAHMS (IMS, PC), June 1992.