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Latitude: 56.4498 / 56°26'59"N
Longitude: -3.1671 / 3°10'1"W
OS Eastings: 328157
OS Northings: 729231
OS Grid: NO281292
Mapcode National: GBR VF.DL7Q
Mapcode Global: WH6Q9.B43W
Entry Name: Moncur, remains of timber buildings 400m WSW of
Scheduled Date: 7 December 1998
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7202
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hall
Location: Inchture
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Carse of Gowrie
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises the remains of a group of timber buildings of prehistoric date, now visible as a series of cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 15m OD. It comprises the remains of a series of apparently over-lapping rectangular timber buildings, defined by narrow foundation trenches for timber walls. The largest and clearest measures some 23m by 8m internally. A dark cropmark in the interior of this building indicates the presence of surviving internal deposits.
Timber structures of this form are generally thought to date to the 1st millennium AD, although some may be much earlier, dating to the Neolithic period.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to be found. It is a truncated circle on plan, with a maximum diameter of 80m, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
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 increased by its proximity to other monuments of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 22 NE 9.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1983) PT/14383 NO22NE9, 10, 28, 29.
RCAHMS (1988) PT/14382/TR NO22NE10.
RCAHMS (1992) B79798 NO22NE9, 10, 11, 28, 29.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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