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Latitude: 56.0013 / 56°0'4"N
Longitude: -3.5533 / 3°33'11"W
OS Eastings: 303225
OS Northings: 679799
OS Grid: NT032797
Mapcode National: GBR 1T.TZN3
Mapcode Global: WH5R3.DF54
Entry Name: Walton,enclosure 650m NE of
Scheduled Date: 3 October 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6487
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Bo'Ness and Carriden
County: Falkirk
Electoral Ward: Bo'ness and Blackness
Traditional County: West Lothian
The monument comprises the remains of an enclosed settlement of prehistoric date represented by cropmarks visible on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies on a ridge of locally high ground in arable farmland at around 75m OD. It comprises a roughly oval enclosure some 35m NW-SE by about 25m. It is defined by a ditch some 2m in width. Darker patches inside the enclosure may indicate the remains of former domestic structures.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the remains described and an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is a circle missing a small part of the N side, where its boundary is formed by a field margin. The area has a maximum diameter of 60m 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. Its importance is enhanced by its proximity to other prehistoric enclosed sites.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NT 07 NW 49.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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