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Latitude: 56.5541 / 56°33'14"N
Longitude: -3.4407 / 3°26'26"W
OS Eastings: 311533
OS Northings: 741164
OS Grid: NO115411
Mapcode National: GBR V6.G2M2
Mapcode Global: WH6PL.3JTD
Entry Name: Wester Drumatherty, unenclosed settlement 300m W of
Scheduled Date: 9 January 1998
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7165
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Caputh
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Strathtay
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises an unenclosed settlement of prehistoric date, visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 45m OD. It comprises several crescent-shaped cropmarks, apparently the remains of prehistoric timber roundhouses, two of which are enclosed by circular palisade trenches. Of these enclosed crescents, the northernmost measures about 18m across within a palisade 30m in diameter, while the more southerly measures some 15m across within a palisade about 26m in diameter.
The two palisade enclosures intersect suggesting that they were successive rather than contemporary. Other cropmarks in this location include two curving linear features which appear to represent the remains of souterrains. These were semi-subterranean structures generally thought to have been used for storage in later prehistory.
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 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 increased by its proximity to monuments of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 14 SW 20.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1982) PT/NO14SW20.
RCAHMS (1990) B43200 NO14SW20.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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