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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 732684
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/732684
NY29SE 15 2979 9244
(NY 2979 9244) Earthwork (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
Settlement. An irregular saucer-shaped hollow 132' across and up to 5' deep forms an enclosure with the remains of a mound some 18" high on the NE arc. The entrance is on the W and opens into a circular hollow some 66' across, and there are higher platforms on the E and NE of the hollow. The site is overlooked by rising ground on the E.
RCAHMS 1920, visited 1912; G Jobey 1971.
A scooped settlement, generally as described and planned. The remains of a stone wall are visible on top of the enclosing bank on the NW. It consists of a single outer face with a core about 2.0m wide. No house platforms were located on the various levels within the interior.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (DWR) 10 October 1973.
No change to previous field report.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (BS) 17 October 1978.
Scheduled as 'Crooks, scooped settlement 290m NNE of...'
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 28 January 2010.
