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Latitude: 56.39 / 56°23'23"N
Longitude: -3.2494 / 3°14'57"W
OS Eastings: 322963
OS Northings: 722667
OS Grid: NO229226
Mapcode National: GBR 26.17YH
Mapcode Global: WH6QG.1NY7
Entry Name: Loanfoot, ring-ditch 370m SSW of
Scheduled Date: 25 September 1998
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7226
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: henge
Location: Errol
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Carse of Gowrie
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises a ring-ditch house, or possibly a small henge monument, of prehistoric date, visible as a series of cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 25m OD. It comprises a circular ditch, measuring about 18m in internal diameter. The perimeter ditch appears to consist of one broad ditch, about 5m wide, on the southern half, and of two concentric ditches, each about 2m wide and 1m apart, on the northern half. There appears to be an entrance on the ENE.
The cropmarks appear to represent the remains of a ring-ditch house; a type of timber roundhouse characteristic of the later prehistoric period. However, it remains a possibility that it may instead represent the remains of a much earlier henge monument, a type of enclosure of 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 circular with a diameter of 70m, 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 SW 36.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1978) PT/6085 NO22SW36.
RCAHMS (1978) PT/6087 NO22SW36.
RCAHMS (1982) PT/10737 NO22SW36.
RCAHMS (1988) PT/6087/TR NO22SW36.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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