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Latitude: 56.2719 / 56°16'18"N
Longitude: -3.1362 / 3°8'10"W
OS Eastings: 329732
OS Northings: 709408
OS Grid: NO297094
Mapcode National: GBR 2B.8WXN
Mapcode Global: WH6R2.SMR7
Entry Name: Drumtenant, enclosures & unenclosed settlement 250m N of
Scheduled Date: 7 December 1998
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7192
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Collessie
County: Fife
Electoral Ward: Howe of Fife and Tay Coast
Traditional County: Fife
The monument comprises enclosures and an area of unenclosed settlement of prehistoric date, visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland. It consists of a variety of archaeological features. There are a number of rectilinear ditched enclosures, measuring between 20m and 50m across. On the E side of the field there are a number of disc-shaped cropmarks, measuring up to about 12m in diameter; these probably represent the remains of timber roundhouses.
One of these is situated in the interior of a rectilinear enclosure, and another has a curving cropmark extending from it, measuring about 15m in length, which probably represents the remains of a souterrain. Souterrains are subterranean structures generally regarded as having been used for storage in later prehistory. In the SW corner of the field, there is another rectilinear enclosure, of which only two sides are visible, measuring about 45m by 20m.
Close to this there are a number of disc-shaped cropmarks, representing timber roundhouses, and several pits. There are a number of other cropmarks within the same field, including pits, lengths of ditch, and other amorphous cropmarks, which may be expected to represent associated structures.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to be found. The area is irregular with maximum dimensions of 260m NNW-SSE by 220m transversely, 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 our understanding of prehistoric settlement and economy. Its importance is increased by its close proximity to sites of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 20 NE 27.
Aerial Photographs used:
CUCAP (1977) B86981/po NO20NE27.
RCAHMS (1981) F/8265 NO20NE27.
RCAHMS (1981) F/8753 NO20NE27.
RCAHMS (1981) F/8765 NO20NE27.
RCAHMS (1991) F/6926B/TR NO20NE27.
RCAHMS (1991) F/8625/TR NO20NE27.
RCAHMS (1991) F/8753/TR NO20NE27.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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