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Latitude: 56.4116 / 56°24'41"N
Longitude: -2.9388 / 2°56'19"W
OS Eastings: 342168
OS Northings: 724769
OS Grid: NO421247
Mapcode National: GBR 2K.05PY
Mapcode Global: WH7RQ.T3RM
Entry Name: Boulterhall, barrow 450m NE of
Scheduled Date: 30 September 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6800
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow
Location: Forgan
County: Fife
Electoral Ward: Tay Bridgehead
Traditional County: Fife
The monument comprises a square barrow of prehistoric date, visible as a cropmark on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 20m OD. It comprises a square ditched enclosure with sides about 6m long. There appears to be an entrance on the NE side. There are a number of pits around the field in which the barrow lies, and linear cropmarks nearby may represent the remains of old field boundaries. Square barrows such as this are characteristic funerary monuments of the first half of the first millennium AD.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the barrow and an area around it in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is square with sides of 40m, 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 ritual and funerary practices. Its importance is enhanced by its proximity to sites of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 42 SW 52.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1984) A22162 NO42SW52.
RCAHMS (1984) A22164 NO42SW52.
RCAHMS (1990) A22162 NO42SW52.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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