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Latitude: 56.7282 / 56°43'41"N
Longitude: -3.3324 / 3°19'56"W
OS Eastings: 318568
OS Northings: 760411
OS Grid: NO185604
Mapcode National: GBR W3.Z112
Mapcode Global: WH6NV.S4BW
Entry Name: Meall Beag,settlement and field systems
Scheduled Date: 22 May 1989
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4674
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system
Location: Glenisla
County: Angus
Electoral Ward: Kirriemuir and Dean
Traditional County: Angus
The monument is a group of three settlements and their associated field systems lying on the SW, S and SE slopes of Meall Beag. The westernmost settlement comprises the remains of four circular stone-walled houses, all of double walled "Dalrulzian" type varying in diameter from 10m to 16.5m between the centres of the outer walls. The middle settlement comprises the remains of four circular houses; one is a "Dalrulzian" type 17m in diameter, another is of single wall type 9m in diameter.
The third and fourth houses form an unusual double "Dalrulzian" type with an attached yard. The eastern settlement also comprises four houses, two of "Dalrulzian" type 12m and 14m in diameter respectively, and two of single wall construction, 8m and 9m in diameter. The field system, which links the three settlements, is marked by substantial banks, lynchets and clearance cairns. The features are most easily visible in those areas clear of heather.
An approximately "L"-shaped area measuring a maximum of 1240m long (from E to W) and between 360m and 80m wide is proposed for scheduling, to include the three settlements and their associated common field system, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a very well preserved complex of settlements and field systems, representing a well preserved fragment of the later Bronze Age/Iron Age landscape, which has the potential to considerably enhance our understanding of prehistoric settlement and agricultural practices. The monument is of particular importance because in this case the opportunity survives to examine the relationship of small settlements to each other; work elsewhere in Scotland suggests that nucleated village settlement was beginning to appear at this time. Taken with the other surviving broadly contemporary settlements and farms in the area this complex has the potential to increase our knowledge of the development and use of the landscape in prehistoric times.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NO 16 SE 13 14 & 15
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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