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Latitude: 56.7303 / 56°43'49"N
Longitude: -2.5109 / 2°30'39"W
OS Eastings: 368837
OS Northings: 759966
OS Grid: NO688599
Mapcode National: GBR X3.R1KP
Mapcode Global: WH8RJ.D3K9
Entry Name: Pugeston,unenclosed settlement W of
Scheduled Date: 10 October 1994
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6098
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Dun
County: Angus
Electoral Ward: Montrose and District
Traditional County: Angus
The monument comprises the remains of an unenclosed settlement of prehistoric date represented by cropmarks visible on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 15m OD some 600m N of the Montrose Basin. The surrounding area is rich in the remains of prehistoric settlement. Six ring ditch houses lie in the E part of the site, each measuring between 8-10m in overall diameter. Two of these appear to have concentric inner ditches and two pairs appear to overlap.
Some 30m N of this group is a sub-rectangular ditch measuring some 10m N-S by 6m. Some 50m NW of the ring ditch group lies a cluster of dense, overlapping sub-circular cropmarks which may represent the remains of further timber roundhouses. Between and around these features are numerous less well-defined cropmarks which may represent associated activity.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the visible features and an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is irregular in shape with maximum dimensions of 250m E-W by 180m N-S as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to add to our understanding of prehistoric settlement and the development of prehistoric house construction. Its importance is greatly enhanced by its association with the wider landscape of prehistoric settlement in this area.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NO 65 NE 29.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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