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Latitude: 56.1671 / 56°10'1"N
Longitude: -4.13 / 4°7'48"W
OS Eastings: 267834
OS Northings: 699207
OS Grid: NS678992
Mapcode National: GBR 14.HG4N
Mapcode Global: WH4NX.J8J1
Entry Name: Boghall, ring ditch 350m SW of
Scheduled Date: 25 November 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6539
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house
Location: Kilmadock
County: Stirling
Electoral Ward: Trossachs and Teith
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises the remains of a ring ditch house of later prehistoric date, visible on oblique aerial photographs due to differential crop growth.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 30m OD. It comprises a ring ditch some 12m in diameter with a ditch up to about 2m wide. Ring ditches such as this have been shown on excavation to represent the remains of former timber roundhouses of the later prehistoric period.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the ring ditch and an area around it in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter 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 settlement and house construction.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NS 69 NE 28.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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