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Latitude: 56.4237 / 56°25'25"N
Longitude: -2.8853 / 2°53'7"W
OS Eastings: 345486
OS Northings: 726070
OS Grid: NO454260
Mapcode National: GBR VM.LCR5
Mapcode Global: WH7RK.NS7X
Entry Name: Lawhouses, unenclosed settlement 600m SSE of
Scheduled Date: 28 April 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7319
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Forgan
County: Fife
Electoral Ward: Tay Bridgehead
Traditional County: Fife
The monument comprises an unenclosed settlement of prehistoric date, visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 15m OD. There are at least three disc-shaped cropmarks, measuring between 6m-12m in diameter. These represent the remains of timber roundhouses. Near the N edge of the field there is a sub-rectangular ditched enclosure with rounded corners, measuring about 12m ENE-WSW.
Its N side is not visible. It probably represents the foundation trench for the walls of a rectangular timber building. Other amorphous cropmarks in the vicinity may be expected 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 be found. It is irregular with maximum dimensions of 180m E-W by 90m transversely, bounded on the N by the S edge of a track and on the S by the N side of a burn, 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 monuments as NO 42 NE 56.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1988) A56952 NO42NE47, 56.
RCAHMS (1988) A56956 NO42NE47, 56.
RCAHMS (1990) A56954/TR NO42NE47, 56.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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