Douglasmuir


Site type: cursus

Parish: Inverkeilor

County: Angus

Grid reference: NO 6153 4812

Lat / long: 56.62329324, -2.627506896

The historic map is an Ordnance Survey map from 1919 to 1947, and is provided by the National Library of Scotland

Excavation following identification on aerial photographs revealed a cursus 65m in length, made up of 2 parallel lines of closely-spaced post-holes 19m apart. Carbon-dating from the post-holes established a date of 3600 - 3700 BC.

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created Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 4:19 pm, last updated Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 4:19 pm