Description

The monument comprises the remains of a palisaded enclosure and a ring ditch house of prehistoric date represented by cropmarks visible on oblique aerial photographs.

The site lies on a slight knoll in rolling arable farmland at around 80m OD and commands extensive views over the surrounding area. It comprises a circular palisaded enclosure which overlaps a small ring ditch house. The enclosure is defined by a single, narrow trench. Due to differential conditions of visibility only the NE part of the enclosure is apparent on the available photographs.

The overall diameter is about 20m. The ring ditch house lies in the NE part of the enclosure and is defined by a single ditch slightly wider than that of the palisaded enclosure. It has an overall diameter of between 6m and 8m, and no visible entrance. The two features appear to represent separate phases of occupation, because they cut each other.

The area to be scheduled encompasses the visible features and an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 130m 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 add to our understanding of prehistoric settlement organisation and economy practice. The relationship between the two elements will be important in allowing the development of human use of the site to be explored, thus increasing our understanding of settlement evolution in lowland Scotland.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Sources

Bibliography

RCAHMS records the monument as NT 58 SE 39.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland