Bannockburn East
Pit Enclosure (Neolithic), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Bannockburn East
Classification Pit Enclosure (Neolithic), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Bannockburn 1
Canmore ID 47255
Site Number NS89SW 22
NGR NS 81707 90113
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Stirling
- Parish St Ninians
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS89SW 22 81704 90116
See also NS89SW 24.
NS 816 902. Excavation took place in October and November 1984 and April and May 1985 on two cropmark sites along a low ridge to the south of the Cowie Road, threatened by road construction and housing development.
The 'U' shaped end of an enclosure 33m across was formed by fifty closely spaced pits. Most of these produced evidence for two or three phases of construction, including the insertion of a stone lining associated with burning activity in the second phase. There was often further burning activity in the third phase. This enclosure had been damaged by medieval rig and furrow cultivation. Apart from surface finds of medieval pottery, several sherds of Neolithic pottery and chert flakes were recovered from the pits. A scatter of small post-holes was found in the south-west corner of the enclosure, and three shallow scoops and two outlying pits outside the enclosure on the south side.
Sponsor: HBM/CEU.
N Tavener 1985.
This pit-enclosure is plotted as a large ritual enclosure on a distribution map of Neolithic monuments covering southern Scotland.
Information from RCAHMS (ARG), 3 April 1998
RCAHMS 1997.
Field Visit (September 1978)
Bannockburn NS 817 901 NS89SW
These crop-marks consist of an arc of pits, which may form the NW side of an oval enclosure measuring at least 30m in diameter.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978
Aerial Photographic Transcription (25 January 1995 - 2 February 1995)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
Note (7 December 2022)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed and changed from PIT ENCLOSURE (PREHISTORIC), RIG AND FURROW (MEDIEVAL) - (POST MEDIEVAL).
