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Latitude: 56.1809 / 56°10'51"N
Longitude: -4.1137 / 4°6'49"W
OS Eastings: 268897
OS Northings: 700704
OS Grid: NN688007
Mapcode National: GBR 14.GKV8
Mapcode Global: WH4NQ.SX91
Entry Name: Cardona, enclosure 100m SSW of
Scheduled Date: 26 November 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6546
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Kilmadock
County: Stirling
Electoral Ward: Trossachs and Teith
Traditional County: Perthshire
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 70m OD at the foot of a steep slope. It comprises a roughly oval enclosure some 40m NW-SE by about 30m within a ditch approximately 4m wide. It has a SE-facing entrance.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the enclosure and an area around it in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 70m 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 NN 60 SE 16.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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