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Pit Alignment (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Site Name Cardean

Classification Pit Alignment (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Canmore ID 30745

Site Number NO24NE 63

NGR NO 28682 45960

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Cardean, oblique aerial view, taken from the E, showing the cropmarks of a Roman fort in the centre, and a possible pit-alignment towards the top edge of the photograph.
Cardean, oblique aerial view, taken from the E, showing the cropmarks of a Roman fort in the centre, and a possible pit-alignment towards the top edge of the photograph.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.Cardean, oblique aerial view, taken from the NNW, showing the cropmarks of a Roman fort in the centre, and a possible pit-alignment in the centre right of the photograph.Oblique aerial view.Cardean, NO24NE 63, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoOblique aerial viewOblique aerial viewOblique aerial viewCardean, oblique aerial view, taken from the ENE, showing the cropmarks of a Roman fort in the centre, and a possible pit-alignment in the top right-hand corner of the photograph.Cardean, oblique aerial view, taken from the NNE, showing the cropmarks of a Roman fort in the centre, and a possible pit-alignment towards the right-hand edge of the photograph.Cardean, oblique aerial view, taken from the NW, showing the cropmarks of a Roman fort in the centre, and a possible pit-alignment towards the bottom right-hand area of the photograph.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Angus
  • Parish Airlie
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Angus
  • Former County Angus

Archaeology Notes

NO24NE 24 NO 28682 45960

A short length of widely spaced pits, aligned roughly NNE - SSW, has been identified by air photography, 850m WSW of Wester Cardean farmstead, lying in the same field as Cardean Roman Fort (NO24NE 12). The alignment is visible from c.NO 2866 4593 to NO 2870 4603, a distance of appromimately 100m.

Information from RCAHMS (KB) 6 October 1998

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