2010

NS4783 : Field system: parallel ridges

taken 13 years ago, 3 km from Craighat, Stirling, Scotland

Field system: parallel ridges
Field system: parallel ridges
See NS4783 : Old field boundary for the main description of the field system.

The present photograph was taken from the southern boundary. From this point, a pair of parallel ridges, shown here, lead northwards (downhill) into the interior (perhaps a kind of access corridor, used when moving livestock?).

Although the remains of these boundaries are now low earthen banks, it is likely that all of them originally had thorns on top, in order to form effective barriers.

The woods in the background, at the bottom of the slope, are in the adjacent grid squares to the north and to the north-west. The prominent peak on the left is Ben Lomond (NN3602).
Field system on Cameron Muir

A network of earthen banks forming an extensive field system associated with a long-disappeared farmstead; see Link for the ruined building itself. See LinkExternal link for an annotated satellite view. For outlying parts of the same field system, see Link and Link


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Geographical Context: Boundary, Barrier Ruin: Field Dyke Category: Field system other tags: Archaeology East Cameron Field System Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Ridge Shown [5] · Description of this Field System [4] · Parallel Ridges [2] ·
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NS4783, 25 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Lairich Rig   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 25 October, 2010   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 5 November, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 4725 8338 [10m precision]
WGS84: 56:1.1350N 4:27.1299W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 4726 8336
View Direction
North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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