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Wester Carmuirs
Ring Ditch (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Wester Carmuirs
Classification Ring Ditch (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 47025
Site Number NS88SW 29
NGR NS 84482 80564
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47025
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Falkirk
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS88SW 29 84482 80564
NS 844 805. Ring-ditch, Wester Carmuirs; visible on RCAHMS air photographs, taken in 1977 and 1978.
NS 8448 8056. APs show the cropmark of a ring ditch enclosure measuring c20m E-W by c17m N-S with an entrance break in the east side. There are no distinct interior marks.
Information from OS Recorder (JRL) 25 March 1980.
The shape and dimensions suggest this may be a hut site or homestead enclosure. There is no surface trace of this enclosure. The siting falls at c.35 OD on a high and level part of a pastured field above a marshy area to the west.
Visited by OS (JRL) 27 March 1980
Aerial Photographic Transcription (13 November 1995)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
