Description

The monument comprises a burnt mound and associated remains. The core of the monument is already scheduled, but this proposal extends protection to the whole area of archaeological significance, so far as it is known.

The monument includes the remains of a burnt mound with a central area about 25m across and 1m high, and traces of what may be a bank beyond dumped rubble to its east, all spread over an area measuring more than 30m NS by over 40m EW.

This scheduling excludes all above ground parts of existing fences and gates.

The area to be scheduled comprises the burnt mound and an area around it in which remains associated with its construction and use are likely to survive. The area measures 40m NNW-SSE with its N side 5m to the north of the more northerly of a pair of parallel E-W fences, by 50m WSW-ENE with its E edge 10m W of and parallel to the fence at the W edge of the farm road, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance as a good example of a Bronze Age settlement and its associated mound of potboilers.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Sources

Bibliography

The monument is recorded in the RCAHMS as HY 22 SE 18.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland