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Latitude: 56.3875 / 56°23'15"N
Longitude: -3.2931 / 3°17'35"W
OS Eastings: 320258
OS Northings: 722444
OS Grid: NO202224
Mapcode National: GBR 24.1J42
Mapcode Global: WH6QF.DQ23
Entry Name: Glendoick, souterrains 670m WSW of
Scheduled Date: 15 November 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7222
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house
Location: Kinfauns
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Carse of Gowrie
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises two souterrains and associated features of prehistoric date, visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland, at around 15m OD. It comprises two souterrains, the larger and better-defined lying to the S of the field. It is represented by a tightly curving linear cropmark, measuring about 26m in length by about 3m wide. At the northern tip of the souterrain there is a crescent-shaped cropmark, representing the remains of an associated timber roundhouse.
Trial excavations in the 1980s confirmed the exceptionally good preservation of this particular souterrain. Some 60m to the NNE is a second, smaller souterrain. It measures about 6-8m in length and is associated with several other, less well-defined cropmarks which appear to represent associated structures.
Souterrains are semi-subterranean, passage-like structures generally regarded as having been used for storage in later prehistory. They formed elements within larger Iron Age settlements.
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 an irregular quadrilateral, aligned approximately NE-SW, with sides measuring 85m (SW), 125m (NW), 70m (NE) and 145m (SE), 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 NO 22 SW 12 and 56.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1982) PT/10749 NO22SW12.
RCAHMS (1982) PT/10760 NO22SW12, 39.
RCAHMS (1983) PT/14130 NO22SW12.
RCAHMS (1988) PT/14445/TR NO22SW12.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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