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Latitude: 56.5925 / 56°35'33"N
Longitude: -3.2382 / 3°14'17"W
OS Eastings: 324057
OS Northings: 745200
OS Grid: NO240452
Mapcode National: GBR VC.8MPC
Mapcode Global: WH6PH.7K7F
Entry Name: Grangemount, unenclosed settlement 330m S of
Scheduled Date: 2 March 1998
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7255
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Bendochy
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Strathmore
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises an unenclosed settlement of prehistoric date, visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 50m OD. It consists of a ring-ditch, measuring about 18m in internal diameter, with a probable entrance on its NW arc. To its E is a disc-shaped cropmark measuring about 15m in diameter, and a further group of overlapping disc-shaped cropmarks.
Excavation elsewhere has shown ring-ditches and disc-shaped cropmarks of this type to represent the remains of timber roundhouses of the later prehistoric period. A number of other, less well-defined cropmarks appear to represent the remains of associated structures.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 130m, 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 24 NW 40.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1992) B79699 NO24NW40.
RCAHMS (1988) PT/11200B/TR NO24NW40.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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