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Latitude: 56.2391 / 56°14'20"N
Longitude: -3.1856 / 3°11'8"W
OS Eastings: 326611
OS Northings: 705801
OS Grid: NO266058
Mapcode National: GBR 28.BXZC
Mapcode Global: WH6R8.1FBX
Entry Name: Purin, fort 350m SW of
Scheduled Date: 18 August 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6938
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort)
Location: Falkland
County: Fife
Electoral Ward: Howe of Fife and Tay Coast
Traditional County: Fife
The monument comprises the remains of a fort of prehistoric date, visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument is situated on a hillside, on a slight platform facing NE. It lies in what is presently arable farmland at around 195m OD. It comprises the remains of a sub-circular shaped fort measuring about 80m in maximum diameter.
It is multivallate, the defences visible as two concentric ditches, each about 2m in width, the outer ditch less well defined. The fort is a defended settlement of a type characteristic of the second half of the first millennium BC.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the visible remains 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 defended 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 NO 20 NE 26.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1978) F/6285 NO20NE26.
RCAHMS (1978) F/6287 NO20NE26.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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