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Latitude: 56.0181 / 56°1'5"N
Longitude: -3.8583 / 3°51'29"W
OS Eastings: 284258
OS Northings: 682135
OS Grid: NS842821
Mapcode National: GBR 1G.SWQB
Mapcode Global: WH4PM.PZXT
Entry Name: Househill,enclosure and part of Roman camp 250m SSW of
Scheduled Date: 7 October 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6483
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive); Roman: camp
Location: Dunipace
County: Falkirk
Electoral Ward: Bonnybridge and Larbert
Traditional County: Stirlingshire
The monument comprises the remains of an enclosed settlement of prehistoric date and part of a Roman temporary camp, both represented by cropmarks visible on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in rolling arable farmland at around 35m OD. It comprises a roughly oval enclosure some 50m N-S by about 40m E-W. It is defined by a narrow ditch which measures about 2m in width. The enclosure is located within a Roman temporary camp, the ditch of which is visible as a cropmark in the adjacent field.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the enclosure and part of the Roman temporary camp, and an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 100m 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. The relationship between the enclosure and the Roman temporary camp will be important to our understanding of interaction between Roman and native in southern Scotland.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NS 88 SW 33.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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