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The Drums

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Ring Ditch House (Prehistoric)

Site Name The Drums

Classification Ring Ditch House (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 254832

Site Number NO36NE 43

NGR NO 36020 68944

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of three farmsteads with ring ditch house, hut circle and farmsteading adjacent, taken from the NNW.
Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of three farmsteads with ring ditch house, hut circle and farmsteading adjacent, taken from the NNW.Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of a hut circle with three farmsteads, ring ditch house and farmsteading adjacent, taken from the NNE.Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of a hut circle with three farmsteads and ring ditch house adjacent, taken from the NNW.Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of a ring ditch house and three farmsteads with possible hut circle, buildings, farmsteads, hut circle and farmsteading adjacent, taken from the NE.Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of three farmsteads with ring ditch house, possible hut circle, buildings, farmstead and farmsteading adjacent, taken from the NNE.Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of three farmsteads with ring ditch house, possible hut circle, buildings, farmstead and farmsteading adjacent, taken from the S.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Angus
  • Parish Cortachy And Clova
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Angus
  • Former County Angus

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Field Visit (22 February 1999)

RCAHMS Afforestable Land Survey, Glen Clova

NO36NE 43 36020 68944

This ring-ditch house is situated within a field of improved pasture 160m SSE of The Drums, where it has been is set into the S side of a low knoll. It measures 8.7m in diameter within a stony bank up to 2.4m in thickness and 0.4m in height. There is an entrance in the S side and an internal ditch measures up to 2.6m in breadth tapering out on the N side.

(CLOVA99 200)

Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 22 February 1999

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