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Hag Brae

Enclosure (Period Unknown)(Possible), Quarry (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)(Possible)

Site Name Hag Brae

Classification Enclosure (Period Unknown)(Possible), Quarry (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)(Possible)

Canmore ID 34903

Site Number NO55SW 12

NGR NO 5044 5075

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NO55SW 12 5044 5075.

NO 5044 5075. On the highest point of Hag Brae is a small circular hollowed-out area with the suggestion of a stony bank surrounding it. The structure, said by Warden (1880-5) to be similar to that on Rob's Reed (NO45SE 30 - Dun), is 8.2m in diameter and the bank, which is c.3.0m broad, is 1.2m high on the north scarp where the ground falls naturally to the north. Elsewhere it is only c.0.2m maximum height. The hollow is 1.0m deep.

The interior is partially filled with small flattish stones with a few small boulders.

The structure is too small for a dun, and has the appearance of simply being a quarry - unless the encircling bank can be proved to be a wall.

A J Warden 1880-5; Visited by OS (JLD) 26 August 1958.

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Field Visit (March 1978)

Hag Brae NO 504 507 NO55SW 12

On the summit of Hag Brae there is an enclosure measuring 8m in diameter within a stony bank 3m thick.

RCAHMS 1978, visited March 1978

(Warden 1880-85, v, 101)

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