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Latitude: 56.5514 / 56°33'5"N
Longitude: -3.4873 / 3°29'14"W
OS Eastings: 308664
OS Northings: 740929
OS Grid: NO086409
Mapcode National: GBR V5.79R9
Mapcode Global: WH5NF.DLMG
Entry Name: Stralochy, palisaded enclosure 300m S of
Scheduled Date: 8 December 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7128
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure
Location: Caputh
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Strathtay
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises an enclosed palisaded settlement of prehistoric date, visible as a cropmark on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland on the summit of a prominent hill, at around 130m OD. It comprises a circular enclosure defined by two concentric ditches, measuring about 40m in internal diameter within the inner ditch. The ditches, which lie about 4m apart, are each about 1.5m wide.
Enclosures of this kind are characteristic of the first half of the first millennium BC. The ditches are likely to have formed the setting for palisades, timber fences of closely spaced posts.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to be found. It is circular with a diameter of 70m, 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 increased by its proximity to monuments of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO04SE 18.
Aerial Photographs:
1. RCAHMS (1984) A29225 NO04SE18&34
2. RCAHMS (1992) B79438 NO04SE18&34
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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