Monument record MHG622 - Enclosure, Ousdale
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 0789 2034 (60m by 60m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND02SE |
| Old County | CAITHNESS |
| Civil Parish | LATHERON |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
A large, grass-covered, roughly horse-shoe shaped enclosure, 24 by 16m, with a bank about 3m wide and 1.5m in maximum height, lying adjacent to a stream and surrounded by a series of rock-strewn terraces. On the W is a possible concentric bank and ditch, apparently associated, and to the SE is a bank 8.5m long and 0.3m wide. The site, slightly truncated on the N by a field boundary, is delineated on the W by a marsh.
The amount of natural deposition is difficult to gauge.
C Batey 1982.
Except for the "bank and ditch" on the W side, which is probably of recent construction, all other features appear to be natural.
Visited by OS (N K B) 8 November 1982.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG1958 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Batey, C E. 1984. Caithness Coastal Survey 1980-82: Dunnet Head to Ousdale. University of Durham, Department of Archaeology. 30/01/1984. Digital (scanned as PDF). LAT 310.
- --- SHG1960 Text/Report: Batey, C E. 1982. Caithness coastal survey 1982: interim reports 1980-2. . No. 310; illust.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Oct 31 2011 10:50AM
