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Latitude: 56.331 / 56°19'51"N
Longitude: -3.3546 / 3°21'16"W
OS Eastings: 316341
OS Northings: 716221
OS Grid: NO163162
Mapcode National: GBR 22.52BD
Mapcode Global: WH6QS.F4TG
Entry Name: Netherton, roundhouse 200m SSW of
Scheduled Date: 20 November 2002
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM9454
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse
Location: Abernethy
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Almond and Earn
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises the remains of a prehistoric roundhouse, visible as a cropmark on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at about 15m OD, some 200m SSW of Netherton. From the air it appears as a circular cropmark, about 20m in diameter, with a clearly defined edge. When excavated, circular cropmarks of this type have been found to comprise the remains of prehistoric timber roundhouses, dating from sometime in the second half of the first millennium BC to the first half of the first millennium AD (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 40m as marked 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. Its importance is increased by its proximity to other monuments of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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