Historic Environment Scotland http://www.canmore.org.uk
CANMORE ID 4626 (accessed on 29.05.18). Site number: NC21SE 2
Local Authority HER Reference MHG13048 (accessed on 29.05.18).
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Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.
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Scheduling is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for monuments and archaeological sites of national importance as set out in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.
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