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Broadwell, ring-ditch house 140m NNW of

A Scheduled Monument in Almond and Earn, Perth and Kinross

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.3296 / 56°19'46"N

Longitude: -3.3346 / 3°20'4"W

OS Eastings: 317572

OS Northings: 716050

OS Grid: NO175160

Mapcode National: GBR 23.50T4

Mapcode Global: WH6QS.R59G

Entry Name: Broadwell, ring-ditch house 140m NNW of

Scheduled Date: 13 February 2001

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM9453

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

Description

The monument comprises a ring-ditch house of prehistoric date, visible as a cropmark on oblique aerial photographs.

The monument lies in arable farmland at about 15m O.D. It comprises a ring-ditch house and measures about 13m in diameter within a narrow ditch. Ring-ditches such as these have been found on excavation to represent the remains of timber roundhouses of later prehistoric date.

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 30m as marked on the accompanying map extract.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

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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