Description

The monument comprises the remains of two overlapping multi-vallate enclosed settlements of prehistoric date represented by cropmarks visible on oblique aerial photographs.

The monument lies in arable farmland at around 30m OD. It comprises the remains of two overlapping settlements. One is a double-ditched, D-shaped enclosure about 65m E-W and N-S. The second is also double ditched, roughly oval, measuring about 75m E-W by some 55m N-S. The ditches measure up to about 4m wide. Both enclosures have entrances on the E side. Darker patches inside the enclosures may indicate the remains of former domestic structures. The N sides of both enclosures have been truncated by a railway cutting.

The area to be scheduled encompasses the enclosures and an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is irregular in shape with maximum dimensions of 170m E-W by 110m N-S as marked in red on the accompanying map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric settlement and economy. The functional and chronological relationship between the two phases of enclosure will be important for the study of the development of later prehistoric settlement in lowland Scotland.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Bibliography

RCAHMS records the monument as NS 88 SW 27 and 50.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland