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Latitude: 56.2355 / 56°14'7"N
Longitude: -3.8141 / 3°48'50"W
OS Eastings: 287648
OS Northings: 706253
OS Grid: NN876062
Mapcode National: GBR 1J.C13Z
Mapcode Global: WH5PT.CJZN
Entry Name: East Biggs, hut circles 800m ESE of
Scheduled Date: 1 March 2000
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7586
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Blackford
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Strathallan
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises two hut circles of prehistoric date, visible as a series of turf-covered wall footings.
The monument lies in rough grassland at around 270m OD. It comprises two conjoined hut circles. The first measures approximately 12m in diameter and has walls measuring 1m in thickness. The second measures approximately 9m in diameter and has walls measuring about 3m thick. The circles are associated with low banks. Hut circles are characteristic of Bronze and Iron Age settlement sites and represent the remains of timber-roofed roundhouses.
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 sub-rectangular, measuring 100m W-E by 115m N-S, bounded on the SW and SE by a fence, which is 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 upland prehistoric settlement and economy.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NN 80 NE 7.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1983) PT/14324 NN80NE7.
RCAHMS (1983) PT/14325 NN80NE7.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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