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Latitude: 56.5652 / 56°33'54"N
Longitude: -3.2609 / 3°15'39"W
OS Eastings: 322609
OS Northings: 742178
OS Grid: NO226421
Mapcode National: GBR VB.Q8G7
Mapcode Global: WH6PN.W7CX
Entry Name: Mudhall, unenclosed settlement E of
Scheduled Date: 16 October 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7321
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Bendochy
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Blairgowrie and Glens
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises an unenclosed settlement of prehistoric date, visible as a series of cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland on a terrace at about 45m OD. It comprises at least five ring-ditch houses of varying complexity, forming an irregular linear spread aligned NE-SW over a distance of some 400m, together with numerous slighter cropmarks representing the remains of associated structures and deposits.
The ring-ditches measure between 16m and 20m in internal diameter within ditches measuring 2-4m wide. At least two have curved cropmarks extending through gaps in their circuits, which appear to represent the remains of souterrains (semi-subterranean storage buildings). One of the ring-ditches is enclosed by a circular palisade trench, measuring some 35m in diameter.
Ring-ditches such as these have been found on excavation to represent the remains of former timber roundhouses dating to the later prehistoric period.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related deposits may be expected to be found. It is irregular in shape with maximum dimensions of 420m NE-SW by 160m 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 other monuments of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 24 SW 13.
Aerial Photographs used:
CUCAP (1960) PT/10929 NO24SW13.
RCAHMS (1977) PT/5771 NO24SW13.
RCAHMS (1988) A35233/TR NO24SW13.
RCAHMS (1989) B24260 NO24SW13.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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