Description

The monument comprises a burnt mound and an enclosure of prehistoric date, visible as a mound and a series of low banks.

The monument lies in rough pasture, next to boggy ground at around 140m OD. It comprises a crescentic mound of burnt stones measuring about 4.5m NNW-SSE by about 2.5m transversely by about 0.3m in height. There is a hollow on the SSE edge of the mound, and a small boulder measuring about 0.4m across protrudes from the mound on the SSE. A burnt mound represents the waste from a cooking technique whereby heated stones are placed into a tank of water to bring the water to the boil, resulting in the burning and shattering of the stones. There are usually associated hearths, shelters and other debris.

Immediately to the E of the burnt mound is a circular enclosure measuring about 7.5m in internal diameter. The W half of the enclosure is defined by a stony bank measuring about 1.8m thick by 0.3m in height, but on the E it increases to about 2m thick by 0.4m in height and is composed of large boulders. Some of the boulders measure up to about 1m by 0.6m by 0.4m in height and may form part of a rough kerb along the outer edge of the bank. There are no visible traces of an entrance to the enclosure, which probably represents the remains of a hut circle. Hut circles are characteristic of Bronze and Iron Age settlement sites and represent the remains of timber-roofed roundhouses.

The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to be found. It is circular with a diameter of 45m, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland