Description

The monument consists of an extensive group of later Iron Age houses, of wheelhouse or aisled roundhouse type, together with associated minor structures and midden deposits. All are presently buried below shallow sand except for a now delapidated wheelhouse which was

partially excavated in 1951. This is surrounded by an old fence.

The area to be scheduled is an irregular polygon, of maximum N-S extent 50m and E-W extent 65m, with the fenced excavated area at its centre, as marked in red on the accompanying map. The recent fence is specifically excluded from this scheduling proposal.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance as a very rare well-preserved later prehistoric settlement with proven archaeological potential. Below its surface there are likely to be preserved deposits which, upon excavation, would significantly advance our knowledge of the domestic architecture and domestic economy of the inhabitants of this region in the early first millenium AD.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Sources

Bibliography

RCAHMS records the monument as NF 72 SW 1.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland