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Midtown,field system & clearance cairns 950m east of

A Scheduled Monument in Banchory and Mid Deeside, Aberdeenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.0086 / 57°0'30"N

Longitude: -2.4613 / 2°27'40"W

OS Eastings: 372081

OS Northings: 790920

OS Grid: NO720909

Mapcode National: GBR X5.NM0X

Mapcode Global: WH8Q6.536H

Entry Name: Midtown,field system & clearance cairns 950m E of

Scheduled Date: 15 November 1990

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM4816

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system

Location: Strachan

County: Aberdeenshire

Electoral Ward: Banchory and Mid Deeside

Traditional County: Kincardineshire

Description

The monument comprises the remains of part of a complex field system defined by heather covered walls c3m thick and 0.5m high. Some of the fields are rectilinear, measuring between 70m and 35m in length, by between 10m and 20m in breadth. Others are curvilinear, the largest measuring 100m by 50m. To the W of the recognisable fields are many field clearance cairns varying between 2m and 6m in diameter and up

to 0.6m high. Mature forestry to the E and N, and land improvement

to the W has largely obliterated further remains. The entire

surviving area of the coherent field system and a sample of the field clearance cairns is proposed for scheduling. The area proposed

measures a maximum of 475m NE to SW by 240m NW to SE, running up to

but not including the field boundaries to E and N, as marked in red

on the attached map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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