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Latitude: 56.0967 / 56°5'48"N
Longitude: -4.005 / 4°0'17"W
OS Eastings: 275369
OS Northings: 691136
OS Grid: NS753911
Mapcode National: GBR 19.MS8C
Mapcode Global: WH4PC.G120
Entry Name: Woodside,homestead 600m SSW of
Scheduled Date: 18 November 1988
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4599
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: homestead
Location: St Ninians
County: Stirling
Electoral Ward: Stirling West
Traditional County: Stirlingshire
The monument is a D-shaped homestead of the Iron Age, measuring 50m by 35m within a low wall some 1.7m across. The interior has been scooped out of the slope to a depth of 1.2m; there are the remains of two stone walled round houses and several stony banks in the interior. A small enclosure, probably associated with the homestead, lies directly to the E. This enclosure is included in the
scheduling. The area to be scheduled measures 100m WNW-ESE by 70m transversely.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a well preserved homestead of the Iron Age (some 2000 to 3000 years old) which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of settlement and agriculture in later prehistory. It is of particular importance because it is one of the few preserved field monuments in the Central Region.
Taken with the other Iron Age sites and structures which do survive (notably the cropmark forts and settlement around Stirling, some of which have been excavated) the monument is of further national importance for its potential to increase our knowledge of the development, organisation and use of the Iron Age landscape in central Scotland.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NS79SE 54.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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