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Latitude: 56.1801 / 56°10'48"N
Longitude: -3.3929 / 3°23'34"W
OS Eastings: 313628
OS Northings: 699484
OS Grid: NT136994
Mapcode National: GBR 20.GRP1
Mapcode Global: WH6RB.VXHM
Entry Name: Classlochie, ring-ditches 300m ESE of
Scheduled Date: 23 February 2001
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7602
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house
Location: Kinross
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Kinross-shire
Traditional County: Kinross-shire
The monument consists of two ring-ditch houses of prehistoric date, visible as a cropmark on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 115m OD. It comprises two ring-ditches, each measuring about 10m in diameter. Ring-ditches represent the remains of timber roundhouses, characteristic of the 1st millennium BC. A crescent-shaped cropmark within the SE ring-ditch indicates the survival of internal deposits.
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 rectangular, measuring 90m NW-SE and 50m transversely, 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 an understanding of prehistoric settlement and economy. Its importance is increased by its proximity to other monuments of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NT 19 NW 16.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1983) KR/1060.
RCAHMS (1983) KR/1061.
RCAHMS (1989) DC21029.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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