Description

The monument comprises the remains of an enclosure dating from the mid to late first millennium BC. It appears as a cropmark in an arable field and it is likely that further remains, not susceptible to cropmark formation, will survive in the vicinity. The roughly circular enclosure measures 25m to 30m in diameter within a narrow ditch. The enclosure contains a very clear internal palisade.

The area to be scheduled measures a maximum of 100m E-W by 100m N-S, to include the area in which cropmarks are visible and the areas around in which further features are likely to survive, as marked in red on the attached map. The field boundary crossing the scheduled area is specifically excluded from the scheduling.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance as a defensive enclosure of unusual design with an outer ditch and internal palisade, which cannot be paralleled in other cropmarks or upstanding monuments in the area. Even though the monument is under the plough, experience has shown that important archaeological deposits can survive below plough level. This monument has the potential to increase greatly our knowledge of the design and use of defended prehistoric settlements and to enhance our understanding of the settlement history of the prehistoric period in Scotland.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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RCAHMS records the monument as NH 95 NW 20.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland