Building record MAB35787 - FERRAR

Possible kiln, stone spread and cultivation remains recorded during survey carried out by AOC Archaeology in 1996 (see also NO49NE0006).

Possible kiln, stone spread and cultivation remains recorded during survey carried out by AOC Archaeology in 1996 (see also NO49NE0006). At NO49069906 is a rectilinear stony spread, obscured by dense vegetation at the time of survey, of maximum extent 15 m and up to 0.3 m high. although unclear if this represents the remains of a stone structure of a field clearance heap. Some distance to the southeast (NO49179896) are the remains of a rectangular enclosure, 13 m by 5 m, the walls of embanked earth although a few large stones were visible. A little to the southeast at NO49169897 are the remains of a possible corn-drying kiln, comprising a low turf-clad mound of stones and earth with a central hollow. The kiln is circa 2 m wide and maximum 0,25 m high: possibly a clearance cairn although the hollow centre suggests a possible kiln. South of this are four groups of broad-ridge cultivation remains, extending over a total area of circa 5 ha. The ridges are low and poorly defined.

AOC ARCHAEOLOGY, 1996, ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY AT FERRAR, DINNET FARMS, Sites 4-7 (Bibliographic reference). SAB8437.

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