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Latitude: 56.436 / 56°26'9"N
Longitude: -2.8996 / 2°53'58"W
OS Eastings: 344622
OS Northings: 727448
OS Grid: NO446274
Mapcode National: GBR VM.KGFH
Mapcode Global: WH7RK.FHGG
Entry Name: Scotscraig, unenclosed settlement 600m S of
Scheduled Date: 30 September 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7089
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Ferry Port On Craig
County: Fife
Electoral Ward: Tay Bridgehead
Traditional County: Fife
The monument comprises an unenclosed settlement of prehistoric date, visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 30m OD. It comprises a large complex of cropmarks aligned roughly N-S. There are a number of linear cropmarks, apparently relating to former land divisions. The remains of several sub-rectangular enclosures are visible. They range in size from between about 10m by 12m to about 15m by 20m in length.
There are two disc-shaped features some 8m in diameter to the S of these, apparently representing the remains of former timber roundhouses. The complex appears to represent the remains of an extensive system of houses, enclosures and land divisions associated with later prehistoric settlement.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to survive. It is irregular in shape, bounded on the E and SE by field boundaries, and has maximum dimensions of 300m N-S by 210m E-W, 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 settlement and economy. The importance of the site is enhanced by its complexity and the evidence it holds for the relationship between different structural forms. Its importance is also increased by its proximity to other sites of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 42 NW 54.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1984) A13989 NO42NW25, 54.
RCAHMS (1982) F/9246 NO42NW54.
RCAHMS (1992) B79876 NO42NW54.
RCAHMS (1979) F/7112 NO42NW54.
RCAHMS (1991) F/9246/TR NO42NW54.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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