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Latitude: 56.5935 / 56°35'36"N
Longitude: -3.1024 / 3°6'8"W
OS Eastings: 332401
OS Northings: 745167
OS Grid: NO324451
Mapcode National: GBR VG.BP8Y
Mapcode Global: WH6PK.9JXP
Entry Name: Balkeerie,unenclosed settlement 900m SSW of Newmill
Scheduled Date: 16 January 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6302
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Eassie and Nevay
County: Angus
Electoral Ward: Kirriemuir and Dean
Traditional County: Angus
The monument comprises the remains of an unenclosed settlement of prehistoric date represented by cropmarks visible on oblique aerial photographs.
It lies in arable farmland at around 55m OD. It comprises at least five circular cropmarks with approximate diameters of between 10 and 15m, with ditches about 1m across. These cropmarks appear to represent the remains of former timber roundhouses characteristic of the later prehistoric period.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the visible remains and an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 130m 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. It may be expected to contain material relating to prehistoric house construction and domestic organisation.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 34 NW 20.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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