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Powis

Cursus (Neolithic), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Ring Ditch(S) (Prehistoric)

Site Name Powis

Classification Cursus (Neolithic), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Ring Ditch(S) (Prehistoric)

Alternative Name(s) Old Montrose

Canmore ID 35706

Site Number NO65NE 51

NGR NO 6635 5692

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NO65NE 51 6635 5692.

NO 669 566 A small amount of fieldwalking was undertaken in the vicinity of a series of cropmarks lying above the 15m contour on the valley floor. These include a large ditch-defined cursus, Old Montrose (NMRS NO65NE 36), several ring-ditches, round and square barrows, a souterrain, settlement (enclosed and unenclosed), and agricultural traces. They also include a large kidney-shaped enclosure and represent a complex and long-term sequence of human activity. A lithic scatter was previously known (Sherriff 1981). Rewalking produced waste flakes and chips of flint from NO 667 562: none has secondary working. In a field centred on NO 669 566 ? downslope of the cropmarks ? two chips and an awl or borer were found. All are of reddish flint. Other fields produced occasional flakes or pieces. More work will be done in this area.

Sponsor: Historic Scotland

K Brophy and E Stuart 1997.

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An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.

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