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Remains of a hut-circle and associated field-system. A number of 'circular heaps of moor stones' were supposed to be the result from a battle between the Picts and the Romans. The site was not visited by the OS because of afforestation in 1958, but faint traces of one cairn (NO55SE0012) were noted in 1966. These cairns were probably the result of field clearance and not burial features. Close to the remains of the probable clearance cairn are the remains of a hut-circle and cultivation. In 1971, to the west of the cairn, at NO 5850 5400, a rubble wall enclosing an oval area 50 yds in diameter and circa 2 acres in extent was exposed by forestry ploughing on almost the highest part of a shallow ridge. It commanded an extensive view and in earlier times must have been flanked by bogs. There was no ditch. Professor Piggott visited the site but came to no conclusion. (Information contained in letters and map from Lord Southesk to Ordnance Survey, 14 May and 5 August 1971). A subsequent visit by the RCAHMS in 1978 lead to the description of the site as remains of agriculture. The site occupies the Bath Drum to the west of the wireless station on Montreathmont Moor. The long sides of the enclosure noted by Lord Southesk (centred NO 584 540) are formed by two banks running along the Drum, about 50 m apart, and there would appear to be field boundaries and linear stone clearance. There are also short lengths of similar banks running parallel to the two, and, besides those which form the ends of the enclosure, at least one other cross bank. It was difficult to follow the remains westward on account of the vegetation, but in this area are recorded four cairns which can no longer be located, and at NO 5826 5402 there is a hut circle which measures 10m in diameter east-west by 7.5 m (crest to crest) with walls 0.25 m high.
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NO55SE0001 - MONTREATHMONT MOOR