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Latitude: 56.4127 / 56°24'45"N
Longitude: -3.2697 / 3°16'10"W
OS Eastings: 321758
OS Northings: 725224
OS Grid: NO217252
Mapcode National: GBR VC.0SGW
Mapcode Global: WH6QF.R26R
Entry Name: Pitroddie Farm, souterrain & unenclosed settlement E of
Scheduled Date: 4 February 2000
Last Amended: 16 July 2001
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7219
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house
Location: Kilspindie
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Carse of Gowrie
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument was scheduled on 4 February 2000. This amendment relates only to a slight reduction in the scheduled area at the request of the owner.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 100m OD. There are at least four disc-shaped cropmarks on the E side of the field, measuring betwen 8m and 14m in diameter, roughly arranged in a row aligned NNE-SSW. To the W there is a group of at least six ring-ditches, measuring between 8m and 14m in diameter. These are likely to be prehistoric round houses. To the S is a curving cropmark, about 18m long and 3m across, which marks the location and extent of a souterrain - a storage chamber entered from a building.
The area to be scheduled now measures a maximum of 283m due N-S by 177m due E-W, as marked in red on the attached map.
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 enhanced by its proximity to monuments probably of broadly contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 22 SW 44.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1984) A64749 NO22SW44.
RCAHMS (1989) B2360 NO22SW44.
RCAHMS (1992) C581 NO22SW44.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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