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Latitude: 55.874 / 55°52'26"N
Longitude: -2.9487 / 2°56'55"W
OS Eastings: 340733
OS Northings: 664942
OS Grid: NT407649
Mapcode National: GBR 70VJ.D5
Mapcode Global: WH7V7.PM19
Entry Name: Beech Knowe, enclosure, Remote
Scheduled Date: 24 November 1995
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6809
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Cranston
County: Midlothian
Electoral Ward: Midlothian East
Traditional County: Midlothian
The monument comprises the remains of an enclosed settlement of prehistoric date represented by cropmarks visible on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 150m OD. It comprises a clearly defined sub-circular enclosure some 70m in diameter. Its single ditch is about 5m wide and it has an entrance in the ENE. A smaller ditched enclosure occupies part of the interior, conjoined to the W arc of the ditch. This smaller enclosure is an irregular oval in shape measuring approximately 25m from NW-SE. Its SE part is filled by a dense dark cropmark suggestive of surviving floor deposits associated with a former internal structure.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the visible remains and an area around them in which traces of associated material 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 enclosure ditch may be expected to contain material relating to the economy and environment of the site. The sub-division of the site may indicate that it will contain information relating to the spatial organisation of domestic activities.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NT 46 SW 29
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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