Geograph - photograph every grid square

The low boundary shown here is the only part of the system to be indicated on large-scale OS mapping, where it looks rather like an annexe to the old enclosure, just to the east (NS3778 : Enclosure at Carman), where horses used to be sold (see Link for more on that enclosure).

However, the area enclosed by the old boundaries also extends to the north of a ridge (NS3678 : Looking east along a rocky ridge with mounds), and satellite imagery shows much of it to be furrowed E-W, indications of former agricultural use.

The E-W furrows that can be seen within this field system on satellite imagery are absent (or at least much fainter) within the part where horses were later sold; perhaps the furrows were gradually trampled out.]

For other parts of the system, click on the end-note title. These old boundaries are often easier to see on the ground than in photographs, so, rather than show many photographs of barely discernible features, I have shown only a few of the more visible sections. The remainder can be followed easily enough on the ground, but it is also revealed fairly well on satellite imagery.

Remains of much older structures had already been reported from nearby: a NS3678 : Possible hut circle on Carman Muir; what are considered to be the remains of three cairns (NS3678 : The first of a group of three cairns); and a single cairn further to the west (NS3678 : Grass-covered ancient cairn). To the north, there is an NS3779 : Ancient hill-fort on Carman Hill, which contains further hut circles of its own.

In the present photograph, the Kilpatrick Hills (NS4376 : The Long Crags) are in the background, from left to centre, with Bellsmyre in front, and NS4274 : Dumbuck Quarry forms the background just right of centre.