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Latitude: 56.5928 / 56°35'33"N
Longitude: -3.2421 / 3°14'31"W
OS Eastings: 323821
OS Northings: 745228
OS Grid: NO238452
Mapcode National: GBR VC.8LSL
Mapcode Global: WH6PH.5KD8
Entry Name: Grangemount, unenclosed settlement 350m SSW of
Scheduled Date: 2 March 1998
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7699
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Bendochy
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Strathmore
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises an unenclosed settlement of prehistoric date, visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 50m OD. It comprises at least four, and probably six or more, ring-ditches. Such cropmarks have been shown by excavation elsewhere to represent the remains of timber roundhouses. The present examples measure between 15m-20m in internal diameter and have gaps in their perimeter ditches from which short curved cropmarks extend.
These curved cropmarks probably represent the remains of souterrains, semi-subterranean structures believed to have been used for storage on Iron Age settlements. A number of pits, lengths of ditch and other cropmarks appear to represent the remains of associated structures. Several of the cropmarks overlap, suggesting that the cropmarks represent a settlement which continued in use over a considerable 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 150m between its N- and S-most points, and 180m 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 other monuments of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 24 NW 40.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1983) PT/15048 NO24NW40.
RCAHMS (1988) PT/11200B/TR NO24NW40.
RCAHMS (1989) B22704 NO24NW40.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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