Description

The monument is an oval enclosure of the later Bronze Age or Iron Age built at the bottom of a slope to the NE of a modern sheepfold. It measures 80m NNE-SSW. The transverse measurement could not be accurately taken since its E side is hidden in deep peat, but it would appear to be about 75m. There is an inturned entrance to the N. From the E side of the entrance a wall runs S to split the enclosure into two unequal parts.

The wall of the enclosure is best preserved on the W where it is 2.5m wide and 0.4m high, with large facing stones and a core of small rubble. The area to be scheduled includes the enclosure and an area around it within which traces of activity associated with its use may be found. It is a rectangle measuring 120m NNE-SSW by 100m transversely, but excluding the above ground portion of the modern sheepfold wall, as marked in red on the attached map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance because it is a well preserved example of a prehistoric enclosure which has the potential to greatly enhance our understanding of prehistoric settlement and agriculture in the area. It is of particular importance because the peat which buries part of the monument may have preserved palaeobotanical evidence relating to its use.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland