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Latitude: 56.5765 / 56°34'35"N
Longitude: -3.271 / 3°16'15"W
OS Eastings: 322010
OS Northings: 743454
OS Grid: NO220434
Mapcode National: GBR VB.PL2Q
Mapcode Global: WH6PG.QYKR
Entry Name: Millhorn, ring-ditch 300m S of
Scheduled Date: 16 October 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7322
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house
Location: Bendochy
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Blairgowrie and Glens
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises a ring ditch house of prehistoric date, visible as a series of cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 55m OD. It comprises a penannular ditch, measuring about 18-20m in internal diameter, within a ditch about 2-3m wide. There are gaps in the ditch on the NW and SE, one or both of which may indicate the position of an entrance. A sinuous cropmark about 5m in length extends from the interior of the ring-ditch and through the gap on the NW, possibly representing the remains of an attached souterrain or semi-subterranean cellar.
Ring-ditches such as this have been found on excavation to represent the remains of timber roundhouses dating to the later prehistoric period.
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 50m, 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 SW 38.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1983) PT/14746 NO24SW38.
RCAHMS (1988) PT/14746/TR NO24SW38.
RCAHMS (1993) C10841 NO24SW38.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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