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Latitude: 56.498 / 56°29'52"N
Longitude: -2.9808 / 2°58'50"W
OS Eastings: 339715
OS Northings: 734420
OS Grid: NO397344
Mapcode National: GBR Z8N.T9
Mapcode Global: WH7R4.5XTY
Entry Name: Home Farm, enclosure 400m E of
Scheduled Date: 28 February 2000
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7059
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Mains and Strathmartine
County: Angus
Electoral Ward: Monifieth and Sidlaw
Traditional County: Angus
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 85m OD. It comprises a roughly oval enclosure approximately 50m E-W by about 40m of which the N portion is visible as a cropmark. Its inner ditch is approximately 2m wide with an outer palisade trench some 5m away. A circular dark patch some 5m in diameter may represent the remains of a former domestic structure within the enclosure.
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 110m 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
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 33 SE 53.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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