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Latitude: 56.6199 / 56°37'11"N
Longitude: -3.0784 / 3°4'42"W
OS Eastings: 333921
OS Northings: 748079
OS Grid: NO339480
Mapcode National: GBR VG.WWCD
Mapcode Global: WH6PC.PV9Z
Entry Name: Cookston Farm, enclosure 100m W of
Scheduled Date: 20 December 1995
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6281
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Airlie
County: Angus
Electoral Ward: Kirriemuir and Dean
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 on gently sloping ground, overlooking a break in slope to the SW, in arable farmland at around 50m OD. It comprises a sub-circular enclosure some 40m in diameter within a ditch of highly variable width up to a maximum of around 5m. It has an entrance on the ENE on either side of which the ditch narrows markedly. Darker patches inside the enclosure may indicate the remains of former domestic structures.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the visible features and an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is a circle of diameter 80m, minus a chord on the SW side, 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. The ditches of the enclosure may be expected to contain material relating to the prehistoric economy and environment of the site while internal features will provide information on domestic organisation.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NO 34 NW 16.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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