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Latitude: 55.621 / 55°37'15"N
Longitude: -5.662 / 5°39'43"W
OS Eastings: 169528
OS Northings: 642467
OS Grid: NR695424
Mapcode National: GBR DFDV.P93
Mapcode Global: WH0L5.0Z37
Entry Name: Beachmeanach, enclosure 700m ESE of
Scheduled Date: 1 April 1975
Last Amended: 15 November 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM3659
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Killean and Kilchenzie
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: Kintyre and the Islands
Traditional County: Argyllshire
The monument comprises a prehistoric enclosure which is situated on a level terrace in the hillside 700m to the ESE of Beachmeanach farm.
The monument is circular in shape, consisting of a stony bank 0.5m high and 2.5m wide, enclosing an area approximately 25m in diameter. There is a gap in the bank on the SW, probably representing the original entrance.
The monument is being rescheduled because the original scheduling was wrongly located. The area now to to be scheduled is circular and measures 70m in diameter to include the enclosure and an area around in which associated remains are likely to survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it is a well-preserved example of a type of later prehistoric enclosed settlement which has the potential to increase considerably our understanding of later prehistoric domestic life and settlement architecture.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS record the site as N664SE 10.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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