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Latitude: 56.2712 / 56°16'16"N
Longitude: -3.1243 / 3°7'27"W
OS Eastings: 330467
OS Northings: 709317
OS Grid: NO304093
Mapcode National: GBR 2C.8S1T
Mapcode Global: WH6R2.ZMDR
Entry Name: Heatherinch, enclosures W of
Scheduled Date: 12 February 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7194
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Collessie
County: Fife
Electoral Ward: Howe of Fife and Tay Coast
Traditional County: Fife
The monument comprises enclosures of prehistoric date, visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland. It consists of a number of rectilinear ditched enclosures, measuring between 20m and 35m in length. To the SW, there appears to be a ring-ditch, measuring about 10m in diameter.
Ring-ditches such as this have been found on excavation to represent the remains of timber roundhouses of later prehistoric date. There are a number of pits and lengths of ditch in the same field, which may be expected to represent associated structures.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the visible remains and an area around them within which related material may be expected to be found. It is divided into two parts of unequal size. The northerly part is irregular with maximum dimensions of 220m NE-SW by 190m transversely, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
The southerly area is approximately square, with sides of 40m, its W edge coinciding with a field boundary, also 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 close proximity to sites of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 20 NE 27.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1979) F/6924 NO20NE27.
RCAHMS (1979) F/6925 NO20NE27.
RCAHMS (1979) F/6930 NO20NE27.
RCAHMS (1991) F6925/TR NO20NE27.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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