Cleaven Dyke. A 5000 year old Neolithic monument in Perthshire, Scotland. 

Very interesting, thanks for bringing this to light. Perthshire is such a beautiful county.

Thank you for sharing 😊 Another place to add to our must visit list when we are back in Perthshire in August ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Hope you are well and having a good week Morgs Jo and Boo 🐕

Hi just found this video iam new to the channel.its great 👍

An interesting observation is that the feature points to a minor rise in the ground to the Southeast and that this minor hillock (a long since destroyed barrow?) has been cut directly through by the old military road to the south. Was it deliberately cut through by the road? At the north west end, the feature ends at a set of farm buildings. Was there a ceremonial building destroyed by the construction of the farm? It certainly looks like it was some kind of ceremonial causeway that points towards the rising sun at some point in the year... presumably the Summer Solstice? I've noticed another feature... there's a piece of a track that points directly from the same set of farm buildings towards another track at Tay Farm to the south west- broken only by the field that appears to have flattened the intervening ground... Did it point towards the Winter Solstice? There is also lots of evidence for the footings of buildings in the fields around there. Was it a major settlement? Definitely needs investigation!

interesting , had never heard of it

I think the idea that hunter gatherers didint have the time to build monumental structures is at least been challenged by Gobekli Tepe site?

Was it a walkway out of the mud and ice

A successful hunt can sustain a man for months potentially. Lots of time to build some things.

A mystery for sure but are you certain it wisnae Rattray minks that did that at some point?

Even the bible shows us that the spiritual priests had great status, they were the law maker, doctors and priests in one. Many abbeys were built by the monks themselves, with help from locals, so no reason why this didnt happen in the past. Families back then could spare children to help, with no schooling. Caro

you'd have to conclude that the neolithic was a period of relative peace and deep spirituality when so much time and energy went into these monuments, compared to other eras in history when violence between people resulted in defensive structures like castles

I read it has been suggested that the cursus was built down to the river Isla. Not far to the north of the cursus is the Ardblair stone circle with the B947 running through it. I wonder, in time, what other Neolithic discoveries will be found. There must have been a large settlement nearby.