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Latitude: 56.5632 / 56°33'47"N
Longitude: -3.2782 / 3°16'41"W
OS Eastings: 321541
OS Northings: 741975
OS Grid: NO215419
Mapcode National: GBR VB.3JDR
Mapcode Global: WH6PN.M94G
Entry Name: Knowehead, enclosure 300m N of
Scheduled Date: 16 October 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7318
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Bendochy
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Blairgowrie and Glens
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises an enclosed settlement of prehistoric date, visible as a series of cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies on locally high ground in arable farmland at around 65m OD. It comprises a roughly circular ditched enclosure, measuring about 35m in internal diameter within a ditch up to 3m wide. Enclosed settlements such as this are characteristic of the first half of the first millennium BC.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related deposits may be expected to be found. It is circular with a diameter of 70m, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract. Above-ground components of modern field boundaries are excluded from the scheduling.
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 SW 37.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1976) PT/4665 NO24SW37, 44.
RCAHMS (1989) B24264 NO24SW37, 44.
RCAHMS (1988) PT/4665/TR NO24SW37.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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