Archaeology Notes

Event ID 751612

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NY17NE 2.10 1842 7885

For possibly-associated quarry-pits (NY 1843 7876 to 1849 7883), see NY17NE 2.14.

A subrectangular platform is situated in pasture close to the base of the NW flank of Burnswark Hill. It measures about 16m from NE to SW by 9m transversely; the rear scarp is slightly concave and measures up to 1m high, while the front scarp, which is also about 1m high, bows slightly outwards.

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 31 March 1994.