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Rossie Drain
Timber Structure (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Rossie Drain
Classification Timber Structure (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 128941
Site Number NO20NE 239
NGR NO 281 098
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/128941
- Council Fife
- Parish Collessie
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO20NE 239 281 098
The cropmarks of a segmented timber structure have been recorded from aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 1994) situated in a field W of Heatherhall Wood, and approximately 50m SW of the enclosure (NO02NE 31) recorded at NO 2815 0987. A possible mortuary structure, the rectilinear cropmarks are approximately 30m in length and roughly 15m wide with a slightly tapering NE end. The cropmarks of a possible house have also been detected, just to the SE of the timber structure at NO c. 2815 0980.
Information from RCAHMS (JH) 16 April 1998.
