Easter Cadder
Henge (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)(Possible), Pit Circle (Prehistoric)(Possible), Timber Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Site Name Easter Cadder
Classification Henge (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)(Possible), Pit Circle (Prehistoric)(Possible), Timber Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Westermains
Canmore ID 45259
Site Number NS67SW 27
NGR NS 64251 73425
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45259
- Council East Dunbartonshire
- Parish Cadder (Strathkelvin-du)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Strathkelvin
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS67SW 27 64251 73425
(NS 64251 73425) Henge (possible), Easter Cadder (Site): RCAHMS air photographs (LA 1982-4; LA 2039-42: flown 1977) reveal a pennanular enclosure, possibly a small henge monument, about 80m SW of Roman temporary camp NS67SW 24, and some 70m SE of the Antonine Wall. It measures approximately 6m in diameter within a broad ditch which is interrupted for an entrance on the SSE. A concentric setting of about twelve large pits can be seen in the interior.
RCAHMS 1978.
Under crop; no surface traces remain.
Visited by OS (M J F) 27 JUne 1980.
Scheduled with length of Antonine Wall from NS c. 63562 73004 to NS c. 64223 73575 (NS67SW 45.00), Roman fortlet (NS67SW 21), and Roman temporary camp (NS67SW 24).
[Location map supplied].
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 25 June 2010.
Note (1982)
Easter Cadder NS 642 734 NS67SW
Cropmarks reveal what is probably a small Class 1 henge 80m SW of the Roman temporary camp no. 35; it measures about 6m in diameter within a broad ditch, and the entrance is on the SSE. Within the interior there is a concentric setting of large pits.
RCAHMS 1982
(RCAHMS 1978, p. 160, No. 333)
Aerial Photographic Interpretation (16 December 2013)
The circle of large pits recorded within the interior of this possible henge measures about 3m in diameter and may be the remains of a ceremonial timber circle.
Information from RCAHMS (KMM) 16 December 2013
