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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

Archaeologists uncover complete Neolithic cursus on the Isle of Arran

Land owner David Bennett at the site of Drumadoon cursus: the space was usually built for procession and gathering.
Land owner David Bennett at the site of Drumadoon cursus: the space was usually built for procession and gathering. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Below the rolling heath on the Isle of Arran’s south-west coast, overlooked by harriers and the occasional peregrine, a monument to ancient ceremony is being uncovered.

In August, archaeologists working alongside local volunteers began their excavation at Drumadoon of what is almost certainly the only complete Neolithic cursus monument found in Britain.

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