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Latitude: 56.4374 / 56°26'14"N
Longitude: -2.8913 / 2°53'28"W
OS Eastings: 345139
OS Northings: 727598
OS Grid: NO451275
Mapcode National: GBR VM.KBCX
Mapcode Global: WH7RK.KGDD
Entry Name: Burnside, unenclosed settlement 300m WNW of
Scheduled Date: 30 September 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7102
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Forgan
County: Fife
Electoral Ward: Tay Bridgehead
Traditional County: Fife
The monument comprises an unenclosed settlement of prehistoric date, visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 20m OD. It comprises the remains of an unenclosed settlement visible as a cluster of disc-shaped cropmarks. The cropmarks range in diameter from about 5m to 10m. There are a number of pits around them. Two further discs lie about 45m to the NE, and are both about 6m in diameter. There appears to be a nearly square enclosure to the N, measuring about 20m across. The discs represent the remains of timber roundhouses.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to survive. It is a parallelogram in shape with maximum dimensions of 180m N-S by 100m as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric settlement and economy. Its importance is enhanced by its proximity to sites of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NO42NE 45.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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