MHG2937 - Ring Ditch - Lonnie, Petty
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (2)
- RING DITCH (Undated)
- (Alternate Type) RING DITCH (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2400 BC? to 560 AD?)
Protected Status
Full Description
Air photography has revealed what may be an unenclosed settlement 450m SW of Lonnie farmhouse. It comprises a ring-ditch about 13m in diameter which contains a ring of pits; an arc of a possible second ring-ditch;and a pit-circle.
RCAHMS 1979; Visible on RCAHMS air photographs IN 3092-4: flown 1977.
Tolan notes two pit-circles, each surrounded by a ring-ditch. <1>
The site was Scheduled by Historic Scotland in 2007. <2>
The Scheduling was amended by Historic Environment Scotland in 2016. <3>
GIS spatial data amended in 2018 according to HES Scheduled Monument GIS data. <4>
See HES Canmore record for more oblique aerial photos of the site.
Sources/Archives (13)
- --- SHG2673 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of North-east Inverness, Inverness District, Highland Region. . 19, No. 125.
- --- SHG306 Text/Publication/Monograph: Harding, A. F. and Lee, G. E.. 1987. Henge monuments and related sites of Great Britain: air photographic evidence and catalogue. British Archaeological Reports (BAR) British Series. 175. 377, No. 277.
- --- SHG3792 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4030 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4031 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4032 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4033 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG4280 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG5017 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- <1> SHG2886 Text/Manuscript: Tolan, M. 1988. Pit circles in Scotland: some possible interpretations. 69, Nos. 10-11.
- <2> SHG23559 Text/Designation Notification/Scheduled Monument: Historic Scotland. 2007. Entry in the Schedule of Monuments: The Monument known as Newton of petty, settlement 350m WNW of. Digital (scanned as PDF).
- <3> SHG27773 Text/Designation Notification/Scheduled Monument: Historic Environment Scotland. 2016. Amended entry in the Schedule of Monuments: SM11835 Newton of Petty, prehistoric settlement 350m WNW of. Historic Environment Scotland. Digital.
- <4> SHG27610 Dataset/Geospatial Data: Historic Environment Scotland. 2017. HES Scheduled Monument dataset 04/10/2017. Historic Environment Scotland. XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 7343 4873 (40m by 40m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH74NW |
| Civil Parish | PETTY |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM11835 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/14214 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)
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