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Latitude: 56.2972 / 56°17'49"N
Longitude: -2.6458 / 2°38'44"W
OS Eastings: 360132
OS Northings: 711823
OS Grid: NO601118
Mapcode National: GBR 2X.7CJN
Mapcode Global: WH8TD.BZCD
Entry Name: Cambo, unenclosed settlement and associated features 370m NW of
Scheduled Date: 23 February 1998
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7689
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 a sub-circular ring-ditch measuring about 12m in diameter. A number of less well-defined features, including pits and probably other ring-ditches, are visible in an irregular line running N of the clear ring-ditch. The ring-ditch and other cropmarks represent the remains of at least one timber roundhouse and associated features.
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 an irregular-shaped area with maximum dimensions of 50m E-W by 110m 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 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 14.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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