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Ring Ditch (Prehistoric)

Site Name Smiddyhill

Classification Ring Ditch (Prehistoric)

Alternative Name(s) West Water

Canmore ID 35968

Site Number NO66NW 38

NGR NO 61111 65750

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the pit defined cursus, ring ditches, enclosures, pits and rig at Inchbare North and Smiddyhill, looking to the N.
Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the pit defined cursus, ring ditches, enclosures, pits and rig at Inchbare North and Smiddyhill, looking to the N.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the Roman temporary camp, pits and ring-ditch, taken from the SW.Aerial view of Stracathro Roman Camp and ring ditch cropmarks, Brechin, Angus, looking W.Smiddyhill, NO66NW 38, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoOblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the pit defined cursus, unenclosed settlement, ring ditches, pits and rig with Stracathro Roman Fort and Temporary Camp adjacent at Inchbare North, looking to the NE.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the unenclosed settlement, ring ditches, pits and rig with Stracathro Roman Fort and Temporary Camp adjacent at Smiddyhill, looking to the SW.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the pit defined cursus, unenclosed settlement, ring ditches, pits and rig with Stracathro Roman Temporary Camp adjacent at Inchbare North, looking to the NW.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the Roman Temporary Camp and Fort at Stracathro, looking to the NW.Smiddyhill, NO66NW 38, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoOblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the pit defined cursus, unenclosed settlement, ring ditches, enclosures, pits and rig with Stracathro Roman Fort and Temporary Camp adjacent at Inchbare North, looking to the ENE.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the Roman Temporary Camp at Stracathro with the ring ditch at Smiddyhill adjacent, looking to the SE.Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks at Inchbare and Smiddyhill, looking NW.Aerial view of Stracathro Roman Camp and ring ditch cropmarks, Brechin, Angus, looking W.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the unenclosed settlement, ring ditches, pits and rig with Stracathro Roman Fort and Temporary Camp adjacent at Smiddyhill, looking to the WNW.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the unenclosed settlement, ring ditches, pits and rig with Stracathro Roman Fort and Temporary Camp adjacent at Smiddyhill, looking to the S.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the Roman Temporary Camp and Fort at Stracathro, looking to the NW.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks at Smiddyhill, Inchbare and Ballownie, looking ENE.Aerial view of Stracathro Roman camp under crop, Brechin, Angus, looking SW.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the pit defined cursus, unenclosed settlement, ring ditches, pits and rig with Stracathro Roman Temporary Camp adjacent at Inchbare North, looking to the N.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the Roman Temporary Camp, unenclosed settlement, ring ditches and pits at Stracathro, looking to the SE.Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks at Inchbare and Smiddyhill, looking NW.Aerial view of Stracathro Roman Camp and ring ditch cropmarks, Brechin, Angus, looking E.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks at Inchbare, looking W.Aerial view of Stracathro Roman Camp and ring ditch cropmarks, Brechin, Angus, looking W.Aerial view of Strathcathro Roman Camp, near Brechin, Angus, looking N.Smiddyhill, NO66NW 38, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoOblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the pit defined cursus, unenclosed settlement, ring ditches, pits and rig at Inchbare North, looking to the ENE.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the pit defined cursus, unenclosed settlement, ring ditches, pits and rig with Stracathro Roman Temporary Camp adjacent at Inchbare North, looking to the ENE.Smiddyhill, NO66NW 38, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoOblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the unenclosed settlement, ring ditches, pits and rig with Stracathro Roman Fort and Temporary Camp adjacent at Smiddyhill, looking to the SSW.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the unenclosed settlement, ring ditches, pits and rig with Stracathro Roman Fort and Temporary Camp adjacent at Smiddyhill and Inchbare, looking to the SSE.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the Roman Temporary Camp, unenclosed settlement, ring ditches and pits at Stracathro, looking to the SSE.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks at Inchbare and Smiddyhill, looking ESE.Aerial view of Stracathro Roman Camp, near Brechin, Angus, looking SW.Aerial view of Strathcathro Roman Camp, near Brechin, Angus, looking N.Aerial view of Stracathro Roman Camp cropmark, near Brechin, Angus, looking SE.Smiddyhill, NO66NW 38, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NO66NW 38 NO 61111 65750

Cropmarks reveal a small sub-circular enclosure situated on a terrace 200m S of West Water, c. 46m OD. It measures some 16.25m in diameter within a medium/narrow ditch with two entrances and internal pits. No trace of a bank.

A F Harding and G E Lee 1987.

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Note (1983)

RCAHMS: The Archaeological Sites and Monuments of Central Angus

Smiddyhill NO 611 657 NO66NW 38

A ring-ditch is revealed by cropmarks 410m W of Smiddyhill farmhouse; it has an internal diameter of 12m and there are opposed entrances on the E and W respectively.

RCAHMS 1983

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