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Cropmarks of a probable enclosed settlement have been recorded by the RCAHMS in 1982, 1983, 1990 and 1996. There is a circular enclosure, the ditch being circa 5m wide and having an internal diameter of circa 42m. The entrance gap is on the east side. Within the enclosure there are sub-circular marks which are probably round-houses with a diameter of circa 10m. Abutting the north side of the enclosure is an L-shaped mark which is a possible souterrain. It is 13m long and narrows and curves around to its probable entrance on the south. A second L-shaped mark runs from the exterior of the ditch and curves around to the settlement entrance. Other marks in the area include circa 105m of a linear cropmark which is interpreted as part of the trackway northwards to Airlie Lodge and there are also marks which may represent cultivation and geological features. Fieldwalking a ploughed field in 2006 produced a few sherds of medieval redware pottery.
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