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Latitude: 56.4142 / 56°24'51"N
Longitude: -3.2197 / 3°13'10"W
OS Eastings: 324844
OS Northings: 725327
OS Grid: NO248253
Mapcode National: GBR VD.7S05
Mapcode Global: WH6QG.J11N
Entry Name: South Inchmichael, unenclosed settlement N of
Scheduled Date: 3 March 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7199
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Errol
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Carse of Gowrie
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises an unenclosed settlement of prehistoric date, visible as a series of cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument occupies a locally prominent ridge in arable farmland, at around 50m OD. The S part of the site includes two rectilinear enclosures, each measuring about 35m by 30m, along with a series of curvilinear cropmarks which appear to represent the remains of timber roundhouses.
In the N part of the site is a bottle-shaped cropmark, some 20m in length, which represents the remains of a souterrain; a type of semi-subterranean, passage-like structure used for storage in the later prehistoric period.
There are also a large number of pits, lengths of ditch, and other less well-defined cropmarks which appear to represent associated structures. Taken together, the remains indicate the presence of a substantial unenclosed settlement of the later prehistoric period.
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 irregular in shape with maximum dimensions of 260m between its N and S-most points and 250m between its E and W-most points, 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 proximity to monuments of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 22 NW 29.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1984) A64789 NO22NW29.
RCAHMS (1988) PT/14377/TR NO22NW29.
RCAHMS (1992) C563 NO22NW29.
RCAHMS (1992) C565 NO22NW29.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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