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Latitude: 56.5444 / 56°32'39"N
Longitude: -2.665 / 2°39'53"W
OS Eastings: 359210
OS Northings: 739353
OS Grid: NO592393
Mapcode National: GBR VS.VP0K
Mapcode Global: WH8S7.1R7V
Entry Name: Mains of Kelly, enclosures 450m WNW of
Scheduled Date: 4 March 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6620
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure
Location: Arbirlot
County: Angus
Electoral Ward: Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim
Traditional County: Angus
The monument comprises the remains of two enclosed settlements and related features of prehistoric date represented by cropmarks visible on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 45m OD on a knoll some 5m higher than its immediate surroundings. It comprises the remains of two circular enclosures, each measuring between 15m and 20m in diameter within ditches 1.5m to 2m width. A linear cropmark lying between them may be a souterrain, or semi-underground cellar, generally thought to have been used for storage. The enclosures have wide opposed entrances facing E and W.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the cropmark remains described above and an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is rectangular with maximum dimensions of 100m ENE-WSW by 70m 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. Examination of the functional and chronological relationship between the two enclosures would enlighten the study of the development of later prehistoric settlement in lowland Scotland.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NO 53 NE 21.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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