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Latitude: 56.5428 / 56°32'34"N
Longitude: -3.3297 / 3°19'46"W
OS Eastings: 318336
OS Northings: 739769
OS Grid: NO183397
Mapcode National: GBR V8.XY55
Mapcode Global: WH6PM.TTM2
Entry Name: Hallhole, ring-ditch 600m NNE of
Scheduled Date: 17 December 1998
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7155
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house
Location: Caputh
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Strathtay
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises a ring-ditch house of prehistoric date, visible as a series of cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland and comprises a crescent-shaped cropmark enclosed by a circular ditch. The crescent measures about 10m in length, and the enclosing ditch about 18m in internal diameter. There appears to be an entrance through the ditch on its SE arc.
Ring-ditches such as this have been found on excavation to represent the remains of timber roundhouses of later prehistoric date. The internal cropmark suggests that floor deposits survive within the former roundhouse.
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 sub-circular with a maximum diameter of 60m, bounded on the N by a plantation, 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 the 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 NO 13 NE 97.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1990) B44121 NO13NE97.
RCAHMS (1992) B79612 NO13NE97.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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