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Latitude: 56.7618 / 56°45'42"N
Longitude: -2.6973 / 2°41'50"W
OS Eastings: 357466
OS Northings: 763576
OS Grid: NO574635
Mapcode National: GBR WV.X24S
Mapcode Global: WH7Q3.J9SN
Entry Name: Mill of Balrownie,ring ditch 200m SE of
Scheduled Date: 30 September 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6472
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house
Location: Menmuir
County: Angus
Electoral Ward: Brechin and Edzell
Traditional County: Angus
The monument comprises the remains of a ring ditch house of later prehistoric date represented by cropmarks visible on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies on level ground in an arable farmland at around 65m OD. It comprises a ring ditch with a diameter of some 10m and a ditch about 2m wide. Ring ditches such as this have been shown on excavation to represent the remains of timber roundhouses dating to the later prehistoric period.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the cropmark remains and an area around them 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 and house construction.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 56 SE 36.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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