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Latitude: 56.602 / 56°36'7"N
Longitude: -3.2015 / 3°12'5"W
OS Eastings: 326333
OS Northings: 746212
OS Grid: NO263462
Mapcode National: GBR VC.W472
Mapcode Global: WH6PH.SBP5
Entry Name: Brockhill Park, enclosure 400m SSW of Balhary
Scheduled Date: 7 December 1998
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7260
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Alyth
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Strathmore
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises an enclosed settlement of prehistoric date, visible as a series of cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland, on the edge of a steep-sided plateau, at around 70m OD. It comprises a sub-circular ditched enclosure, measuring about 36m in internal diameter, within a ditch about 4m wide. The NE side of the enclosure is slightly flattened.
A curving linear cropmark just outside the E of the enclosure may represent the remains of a souterrain, a semi-subterranean storage building characteristic 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 sub-circular with a maximum diameter of 70m, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract. The modern fence that bounds the area to the W is not included in the scheduling.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric settlement and economy.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 24 NE 46.
Aerial Photographs used:
CUCAP (1967) PT/10926 NO24NE46.
RCAHMS (1977) PT/5788 NO24NE46.
RCAHMS (1988) PT/5789/TR NO24NE46.
RCAHMS (1992) C1353 NO24NE46.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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