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Field Visit

Date 15 December 1998

Event ID 792777

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/792777

NT27SE 3968 2809 7289 to 2802 7305

See also NT27SE 76 and 135.

An area of rig-and-furrow cultivation overlies the SE margin of the cultivation terraces below Arthur's Seat (NT27SE 76 and 135). The rigs are aligned from NE to SW and measure between 6m and 7.5m in breadth by up to 0.2m in height. They are plotted at 1:5,550 on an archaeological map of Holyrood Park (RCAHMS 1999).

Visited by RCAHMS (ARG), 15 December 1998.

NMRS, MS/726/96 (84, no. 108); RCAHMS 1999.

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