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Corbiehall
Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Henge (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)(Possible), Ring Ditch (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Corbiehall
Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Henge (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)(Possible), Ring Ditch (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 47719
Site Number NS94SW 5
NGR NS 92869 44903
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47719
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Carstairs
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS94SW 5 NS 92869 44903
(NS 9291 4493) Enclosure (NR) (site of)
OS 25" map (1970)
Enclosure, Corbiehall (Site): This enclosure, which appears as a crop-mark on an air photograph (AKH 19) is situated in the middle of a level field 550m NNE of Corbiehall farmhouse. It is circular on plan and measures about 20m in diameter within a single ditch. The position of the entrance is uncertain.
RCAHMS 1978, visited 1972
There is nothing visible on the ground. Plotted from Dr St Joseph's plan of Castledykes (scale approx 1:5000).
Visited by OS (WDJ) 9 January 1968
This enclosure, which is situated at NS 9290 4494 just to the N of the complex at Castledykes (NS94SW 7.00), measures about 20m E-W by 15m N-S within a broad ditch. It has an entrance to the E. Two other cropmarks appear to the NW and SW of the enclosure: one of which is not clearly defined lies at NS 9286 4490 and is roughly circular with a diameter of at least 20m. The other is situated at NS 9285 4499 and is almost circular in shape with a diameter of approximately 10m. There is a possible break in the NNE arc.
RCAHMSAP (RHM) 28 July 1994
This enclosure is plotted on a distribution map of henge monuments and penannular ring-ditches covering southern Scotland (RCAHMS 1997, 116. fig. 111).
Information from RCAHMS (ARG) 30 September 1997.
Aerial Photographic Transcription (29 July 1994)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
