This site is entirely user-supported. See how you can help.
We don't have any photos of this monument yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?
If Google Street View is available, the image is from the best available vantage point looking, if possible, towards the location of the monument. Where it is not available, the satellite view is shown instead.
Latitude: 56.4174 / 56°25'2"N
Longitude: -2.9105 / 2°54'37"W
OS Eastings: 343927
OS Northings: 725391
OS Grid: NO439253
Mapcode National: GBR VL.ZRWK
Mapcode Global: WH7RK.8Y9Q
Entry Name: Comerton Home, souterrain 540m NE of
Scheduled Date: 20 February 1998
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7311
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house
Location: Leuchars
County: Fife
Electoral Ward: Tay Bridgehead
Traditional County: Fife
The monument comprises a souterrain of prehistoric date, visible as a cropmark on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 30m OD. It consists of a tightly curved cropmark, measuring about 8m in length, which represents the remains of a souterrain. Souterrains are subterranean structures generally regarded as having been used for storage in 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 square with sides of 30m, aligned N-S, 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 record the monument as NO 42 NW 76
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1988) A56962 NO42NW76.
RCAHMS (1990) A56962/TR NO42NW76.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Other nearby scheduled monuments