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Latitude: 56.2962 / 56°17'46"N
Longitude: -3.0312 / 3°1'52"W
OS Eastings: 336274
OS Northings: 712001
OS Grid: NO362120
Mapcode National: GBR 2G.78Y2
Mapcode Global: WH7S8.D0SM
Entry Name: Edenwood Farm,burial mound 350m NE of
Scheduled Date: 15 October 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4762
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary)
Location: Ceres
County: Fife
Electoral Ward: Cupar
Traditional County: Fife
The monument is a burial mound of the Neolithic or early Bronze Age, some 3500 to 5000 years old, which will cover burials and a contemporary land surface. It measures 35m in diameter and a maximum of 1.5 m high. The area to be scheduled measures 55m in diameter, to include the mound and an area around it in which traces of activity associated with its construction and use will survive, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a well preserved burial mound which has the potential to considerably enhance our understanding of prehistoric funerary and ceremonial practices. It is of particular importance because it will cover an area of Neolithic or Bronze Age land surface, which could considerably increase our understanding of early land use in Fife. The importance of the monument id further enhanced by the proximity of a similar mound, only 225m to the SW; comparison of the remains would be of great value.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NO 31 SE 35.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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