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Latitude: 56.7797 / 56°46'46"N
Longitude: -2.6416 / 2°38'29"W
OS Eastings: 360889
OS Northings: 765533
OS Grid: NO608655
Mapcode National: GBR WX.VVS5
Mapcode Global: WH8R2.DV9G
Entry Name: Inchbare,cursus SE of
Scheduled Date: 29 April 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6374
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cursus/bank barrow
Location: Stracathro
County: Angus
Electoral Ward: Brechin and Edzell
Traditional County: Angus
The monument comprises the remains of a cursus of Neolithic date represented by cropmarks visible on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies on level ground in arable farmland at around 40m OD. It comprises a pit-defined cursus, or elongated rectilinear enclosure, some 300m long by 40m wide, running approximately ENE-WSW. Further lines of pits lie at the WSW end of the cursus and several possible barrows lie within the complex. Another cursus lies in a field to the NW. Such monuments appear to represent ritual enclosures of the Neolithic period.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the remains described above and an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is irregular on plan with maximum dimensions of 340m WSW-ENE by 100m as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of Neolithic ritual practices. Its importance is greatly enhanced by its close proximity to several potentially contemporary sites.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 66 NW 49.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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