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Latitude: 56.387 / 56°23'13"N
Longitude: -2.9158 / 2°54'56"W
OS Eastings: 343553
OS Northings: 722016
OS Grid: NO435220
Mapcode National: GBR 2L.1JW8
Mapcode Global: WH7RR.5QSH
Entry Name: Southfield, unenclosed settlement W of
Scheduled Date: 30 September 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6802
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Leuchars
County: Fife
Electoral Ward: Tay Bridgehead
Traditional County: Fife
The monument comprises an unenclosed settlement of prehistoric date, visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 35m OD. It comprises three ring-ditches measuring about 12m in diameter with ditches some 2m wide. There is a disc-shaped cropmark some 8m in diameter, and at least one souterrain about 5m to the SW of this disc, measuring about 12m in length. There are a number of pits, especially in the middle section of the field. Ring-ditches and discs such as these have been shown on excavation to represent the remains of former timber roundhouses. Souterrains were subterranean structures generally thought to have been used for storage in later prehistory.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the visible remains and an area around them within which related material may be expected to be found. It is irregular in shape with maximum dimensions of 170m NNW-SSE by 360m NE-SW as marked in red on the accompanying map extract. The scheduling excludes the modern field boundaries which form the NE and SE edges of the scheduled area.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric settlement and economy. Its importance is enhanced by its proximity to sites of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 42 SW 68.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1988) A56934 NO42SW68.
RCAHMS (1988) A56938 NO42SW68.
RCAHMS (1990) A56936 NO42SW68, 70.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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