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Latitude: 56.3577 / 56°21'27"N
Longitude: -3.8001 / 3°48'0"W
OS Eastings: 288873
OS Northings: 719832
OS Grid: NN888198
Mapcode National: GBR 1J.3J7S
Mapcode Global: WH5P7.LGNF
Entry Name: Millhills, ring-ditch 450m E of Dornock Lodge
Scheduled Date: 3 March 2000
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7726
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house
Location: Crieff
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Strathearn
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises a ring-ditch house of prehistoric date, visible as a cropmark on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 35m OD. It comprises a ring-ditch with a diameter of about 18m. The ditch is about 2m wide, with a probable entrance, approximately 1m wide, in the NW. Ring-ditches such as these have been found on excavation to represent the remains of large timber roundhouses of later prehistoric date. The presence of a NW facing entrance in a monument of this type is very unusual, and may indicate that this is not an ordinary domestic building.
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 40m, 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 NN 81 NE 57.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1992) B 79221 NN81NE57.
RCAHMS (1992) B 79223 NN81NE57.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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