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Latitude: 56.0784 / 56°4'42"N
Longitude: -4.5195 / 4°31'10"W
OS Eastings: 243296
OS Northings: 690145
OS Grid: NS432901
Mapcode National: GBR 0N.P4MZ
Mapcode Global: WH3MZ.KH23
Entry Name: Gartfairn, enclosure 100m WNW of
Scheduled Date: 9 January 1998
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6998
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Buchanan
County: Stirling
Electoral Ward: Forth and Endrick
Traditional County: Stirlingshire
The monument comprises the remains of an enclosed settlement of prehistoric date represented by cropmarks visible on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 30m OD. It comprises a roughly circular enclosure some 60m in diameter within a ditch some 2-3m wide. Darker patches inside the enclosure may indicate the remains of former domestic structures.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the cropmarks described above and an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 90m as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric settlement and economy.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NS 49 SW 6.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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