Description

The monument comprises at least seven ring-ditches, the remains of prehistoric burial or settlement features. They appear in an arable field as marks in cereal crops; experience shows that further remains will survive in the areas (not susceptible to cropmarks) between the visible marks. The roughly circular ring-ditches vary in size from 5m-10m across within narrow and broad ditches.

There are a number of pits and other larger dark features in the immediate area of the ring-ditches. It is possible that more than one phase of activity may be represented. The area to be scheduled measures a maximum of 170m NE-SW by a maximum of 120m WNW-ESE, to include the area in which cropmarks are visible and areas between and around where further features are likely to survive, as marked in red on the attached map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance as the remains of domestic or ceremonial structures of the mid to late prehistoric period. Even though the area is under the plough experience shows that extensive and important archaeological features and deposits will survive below plough level. Whether houses or funerary/ceremonial structures they are a group of related structures, of which very few survive in this lowland area. Their importance is enhanced because of the potential for establishing relationships between the individual ring-ditches and between this site and other prehistoric sites in the area. The monument has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of the prehistoric settlement of Northern Scotland.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Bibliography

RCAHMS records the monument as NH 85 SE 5.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland