Description

The monument is a settlement of the Iron Age (some 2000 to 3000 years old) which occupies a low knoll. The site has been ploughed in recent years and is now under improved pasture. It survives as three large shallow scoops within the remains of an enclosing wall or bank less than 0.5m high. The monument is sub-rectangular in plan and measures c. 43m x c. 29m overall. The area to be proposed for scheduling includes the monument and an area around it in which traces of activity associated with its use will survive, is a rectangle measuring 55m (NNW-SSE) x 40m transversely.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance because it is a good example of an Iron Age settlement of its type, which has the potential, despite the damage caused by ploughing, to enhance our understanding of settlement in this period. It is of particular importance because of its proximity to several sites of Iron Age and Dark Age date in this area. Taken together they afford an excellent opportunity to understand the settlement, economy and development of the landscape in the first millennium BC and first millennium AD in SE Scotland.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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The monument is RCAHMS number NT 86 NE 9.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland