What is recorded here

Knockdav holds a thirty-two-metre stone ring on a steep ridge, forcing intruders to climb a rocky bank before facing a wide fosse. The western causeway invites entry toward a flat interior scattered with boulders, while higher ground to the north watches the junction. People may have stood there to read weather or claim territory, using the SE view and the ridge's shape to make the ordinary world feel arranged.

On the SE-facing slope of a fairly steep N-S ridge, just above start of rise to uplands, in rolling grassland. There are good views to the SE, S, SW and W but the monument is overlooked by higher ground to the N. A roughly circular area (diam. c. 32m N-S; 28m E-W) enclosed by a steep-sided rocky bank (Wth 3m; int. H c. 1.1m; ext. H c. 1.1m), containing many boulders, and an external fosse (Wth c. 3m; D 0.7m). An outer bank (Wth c. 1-2m; ext. H 0.8m) is evident on the downslope side, at S and E only. There is a ramp entrance (Wth 2.5m) and causeway in the W sector. The interior is fairly flat and slopes slightly from NE to SW. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 22 January 2018

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