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Summary

Vis=11/11/1999 (gerrard, s. ) field system 600m ene of gartaven ford.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019489: Stone hut circle settlement, cairnfield and field system 580m north east of Gartaven Ford
• SHINE: Earthworks and walling of a prehistoric chambered tomb, Bronze Age hut circle settlements and reave, and medieval and post medieval streamworks along the Gallaven Brook, west of Rippator

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NW/167/2
• Old SAM Ref: 22351
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD SYSTEM (Late Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 3000 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152349 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(11/11/1999) Field system 600m ENE of Gartaven Ford. At least 4 lengths of rubble bank indicate the survival of field system of indeterminate extent. The shape of the visible lengths suggest that it maybe of irregular aggregate type.

Ancient Monuments, 2000, Schedule note (Schedule Document). SDV259686.

Vis=est -/-/1999 (ancient monuments) stone hut circle settlement, cairnfield + field system 580m ne of gartaven ford. The field system survives as lengths of sinuous walling in the area between the huts and the cairnfield (am).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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