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Latitude: 56.3487 / 56°20'55"N
Longitude: -3.4978 / 3°29'51"W
OS Eastings: 307530
OS Northings: 718383
OS Grid: NO075183
Mapcode National: GBR 1X.3S69
Mapcode Global: WH5PD.7PNC
Entry Name: Broombarns, settlement 300m S of
Scheduled Date: 15 March 2000
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM8771
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Forgandenny
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Almond and Earn
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises an enclosure and adjacent circular building, dating to the prehistoric period, and visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland, at a height of around 40m OD, and probably represents the remains of a prehistoric enclosed settlement site. The monument comprises a circular ditched enclosure, measuring approximately 30m in diameter, and a dark circular mark, probably the wooden floor of a circular house. Both features probably date to the 1st millenium BC.
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 circular on plan, measuring 80m in diameter, as marked in red upon the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of settlement and economy in the prehistoric period.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 01 NE 25.
Aerial Photographs used:
CUCAP AGN/81.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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