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Latitude: 56.4245 / 56°25'28"N
Longitude: -2.8866 / 2°53'11"W
OS Eastings: 345409
OS Northings: 726162
OS Grid: NO454261
Mapcode National: GBR VM.L5H6
Mapcode Global: WH7RK.MSM8
Entry Name: Lawhouses, unenclosed settlement 500m SSE of
Scheduled Date: 30 September 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7103
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 15m OD. In the northern part of the area there is the cropmark of a possible sub-rectangular timber building some 20m E-W and up to about 9m wide. It appears to be partially enclosed by an irregularly shaped ditched enclosure. To the S there are at least six disc-shaped cropmarks and at least two ring-ditches, measuring between 4m to 10m in maximum diameter. A crescent-shaped cropmark, measuring about 12m across, is intersected by a sub-square ditched enclosure with sides of about 12m. There are also three probable souterrains, each about 8m long. Two conjoined sub-rectangular enclosures lie at the southernmost edge of this field. The larger, to the E, measures 20m ENE-WSW by 16m and has a ring-ditch in the interior, while the western one measures 16m ENE-WSW by 13m. There is possibly a third enclosure joined to the eastern end of this pair. There are also a number of pits and other linear cropmarks, which may be expected to represent the remains of associated structures.
The discs, crescents, and ring-ditches represent the remains of timber roundhouses, while souterrains are subterranean structures generally regarded as having been used for storage in later prehistory.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them in which related material may be expected to be found. It is irregular in shape with maximum dimensions of 200m WSW-ENE by 140m N-S, bounded on the S and E by a plantation and on the W by a road, 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
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO42NE 42 and 56
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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