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MHG7664 - Enclosure, Reraig Burn

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NG83NW 1 8405 3623.
On a knoll on S side of stream (Reraig Burn) is a possible broch or enclosure 36' in diameter. Wall apparently 6' - 8' thick. (Info from Mr G Walker, St Mary's School, Melrose)
OS 6"map, annotated by A L F Rivet, undated.

(NG 8405 3624) Enclosure (NR) OS 1:10,000 map, (1971)

On a slight elevation on S side of a flat valley bottom is a circular enclosure overgrown with trees. Its most prominent feature is an inner face of contiguous stones on edge (none more than 0.3m high) giving an internal diameter of 11.5m. In N three or four outer facing stones give a wall thickness of 1.4m but elsewhere wall is represented by a small amount of turf-covered rubble. In ENE two stones set at right angles to line of inner face may represent N side of an entrance. S side is not evident but lack of debris here suggests a gap of 1.5m. The wall is overgrown sufficiently to suggest it is of some antiquity but its period and purpose are not apparent. It is not a broch or dun. The interior is almost level and featureless.
Surveyed at 1:10,000 (visited by OS {WDJ} 21 October 1966)
Visited by OS (J M) 21 October 1966

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Grid reference	Centred NG 8405 3622 (60m by 60m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG83NW
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	LOCHCARRON

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