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Latitude: 56.2957 / 56°17'44"N
Longitude: -2.6405 / 2°38'25"W
OS Eastings: 360457
OS Northings: 711659
OS Grid: NO604116
Mapcode National: GBR 2Y.76QN
Mapcode Global: WH8TL.D0VY
Entry Name: Cambo, ring-ditches 250m N and 170m NNE of
Scheduled Date: 23 February 1998
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7687
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Kingsbarns
County: Fife
Electoral Ward: East Neuk and Landward
Traditional County: Fife
The monument comprises an unenclosed settlement of prehistoric date, visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 15m OD. It comprises two circular ring-ditches. One lies towards the N side of the modern field, and measures about 12m to 14m in diameter. Some 110m to the SSE is another ring-ditch of similar character and dimensions. These represent the remains of timber roundhouses.
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 comprises two circular areas, each centred on a ring-ditch and each 35m in diameter, 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 and later settlement and economy. It may be expected to contain material relating to the economy and environment of the site.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NO 61 SW 9.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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