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Latitude: 56.681 / 56°40'51"N
Longitude: -2.9816 / 2°58'53"W
OS Eastings: 339957
OS Northings: 754796
OS Grid: NO399547
Mapcode National: GBR VK.71CV
Mapcode Global: WH7QC.5BFL
Entry Name: Nether Migvie,ring ditch E of
Scheduled Date: 27 September 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6470
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house
Location: Kirriemuir
County: Angus
Electoral Ward: Kirriemuir and Dean
Traditional County: Angus
The monument comprises the remains of a ring ditch house of prehistoric date represented by cropmarks visible on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 140m OD. It comprises a ring ditch of approximately 20-25m in diameter over a ditch up to about 2m wide. Such cropmarks commonly represent the remains of timber roundhouses of later prehistoric date. A dense, dark cropmark occupies much of the interior and may represent the remains of internal deposits.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the ring ditch house and an area around it in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 50m 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, economy and house construction methods.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 35 SE 57.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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