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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 861814
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/861814
NG51NW 77 5355 1792
NG 5355 1792 Two twin cell stone shielings attached to the south side of an old boundary dyke.
1). (Nearest to the burn.) Circular cell measuring 3.00m in diameter with square cell measuring 4.00m by 4.00m attached to its south-west side. All walls are 0.70m thick. There are no visible creeps or entrances.
2). (Farthest from the burn.) Circular cell 2.80m in diameter with rectangular cell measuring 4.00m by 2.80m attached to its south-west side. Walls 0.70m thick. Again no visible creeps or entrances.
Martin Wildgoose, George Kozikowski and Steven Birch, 1997.
