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Latitude: 56.2141 / 56°12'50"N
Longitude: -3.5332 / 3°31'59"W
OS Eastings: 305006
OS Northings: 703453
OS Grid: NO050034
Mapcode National: GBR 1V.DJ5Y
Mapcode Global: WH5Q4.P2QH
Entry Name: Braughty, unenclosed settlement 750m ESE of
Scheduled Date: 13 February 2001
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7625
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Fossoway
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Kinross-shire
Traditional County: Kinross-shire
The monument comprises an unenclosed settlement of prehistoric date, visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies at around 215m OD, on the south-facing slope of Cairn Hill, and commands extensive views of the surrounding countryside. It comprises an unenclosed settlement consisting of a sub-circular solid cropmark and a ring-ditch. The sub-circular solid cropmark measures about 20m in diameter. The ring-ditch, which measures about 10m in diameter, lies immediately to the W. The solid cropmark and ring-ditch both represent the remains of timber roundhouses characteristic of the 1st millennium BC.
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 sub-rectangular, measuring 50m N-S by 70m W-E, bounded on the S and W by field walls, which are excluded from the present scheduling, 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 an understanding of prehistoric settlement and economy.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 00 SE 21 and 22.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1988) B05163 NO00SW21, 19 NO00SE22.
RCAHMS (1988) B05166 NO00SW21, 19 NO00SE22.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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