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Latitude: 56.1984 / 56°11'54"N
Longitude: -3.5673 / 3°34'2"W
OS Eastings: 302849
OS Northings: 701745
OS Grid: NO028017
Mapcode National: GBR 1T.FGJW
Mapcode Global: WH5Q4.5GJM
Entry Name: Middleton Fossoway, enclosure 400m SSE of
Scheduled Date: 26 February 2003
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7628
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Fossoway
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Kinross-shire
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises an enclosed settlement of prehistoric date, visible as a cropmark on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in farmland at around 175m OD some 400m SSE of Middleton Fossoway. The enclosure is sub-circular in shape, with a diameter of about 45m, and is defined by a single enclosing ditch about 1m wide. On the WNW arc of the enclosure, there is a break in the ditch line and widened ditch terminals are visible, indicating the position of an entrance or gateway into the enclosure. Excavations elsewhere have shown that enclosures of this type normally contain the remains of timber roundhouses and other buildings. Enclosed settlements of this type are characteristic of the Iron Age (c.500 BC - AD 500).
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 60m, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
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
The monument is recorded by RCAHMS as NO 00 SW 17.
Aerial photographs:
RCAHMS (1976) KR262 NO00SW17.
RCAHMS (1976) KR263 NO00SW17.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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