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Latitude: 56.6513 / 56°39'4"N
Longitude: -3.6846 / 3°41'4"W
OS Eastings: 296808
OS Northings: 752325
OS Grid: NN968523
Mapcode National: GBR V0.45VD
Mapcode Global: WH5MY.C2NV
Entry Name: Cuil-an-Daraich, enclosure 170m E of
Scheduled Date: 16 February 2001
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM9526
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Logierait
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Highland
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises an enclosure of prehistoric date, visible as a cropmark on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at about 90m O.D. The enclosure is circular, measuring approximately 30m in diameter, with a possible entrance to the south-east. Enclosure sites of this type are characteristic of the Iron Age, although an even earlier data is possible.
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 in shape 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 an 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 95 SE 30.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS 1978 PT/6013 NN95SE30.
RCAHMS 1995 C55049 NN95SE30, 65.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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