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Latitude: 56.7102 / 56°42'36"N
Longitude: -2.8548 / 2°51'17"W
OS Eastings: 347765
OS Northings: 757932
OS Grid: NO477579
Mapcode National: GBR VN.76W4
Mapcode Global: WH7Q7.3LTS
Entry Name: Barnyards,enclosure 100m NW of
Scheduled Date: 12 April 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6355
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Tannadice
County: Angus
Electoral Ward: Brechin and Edzell
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 arable farmland at around 70m OD. It comprises part of an oval enclosure about 50m long within a ditch up to 4m broad, and with an entrance to the NE.
Within the interior is a palisade trench, not quite concentric to the outer ditch. From the E of the enclosure a further length of ditch extends for approximately 40m to the SE, possibly enclosing an annexe. To the SW the enclosure is truncated by the modern road.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the enclosure and associated ditches and an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is irregular in shape with maximum dimensions of 110m NW-SE by 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 and economy.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 45 NE 27.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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