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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 841770
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/841770
NO13NE 89 from 1721 3998 to 1755 3979. LIN 1
Extends onto map sheet NO14SE: see also NO14SE 80 (NW end of cursus).
Formerly entered as RRX 519.
For archive relating to excavations of 1939 (Richmond) and 1986 (Adamson and Gallagher), see under NO14SE 80.
Radiocarbon dating of samples recovered during the 1993 excavations indicate a Neolithic monument, dating to before 3600 BC.
L J F Keppie 1996.
NO 162 405 The contour survey of the entire length of the Cleaven Dyke was completed. The dyke is a complex Neolithic earthwork comprising a pair of parallel ditches (c 45-51m apart), with a central bank, running NW-SE for 1820m through woodland. The results of the survey will allow the first detailed analysis of the monument.
Sponsors: Historic Scotland, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, British Academy, Russell Trust, Society of Antiquaries of London.
C Burgess, G J Barclay and G S Maxwell 1996.
Scheduled [with NO14SE 80] as 'The Cleaven Dyke, cursus and bank barrow... a linear monument of Neolithic date... [which] combines the characteristics of a cursus moinument and a bank barrow.'
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 12 August 2005.
