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: 56.2171 / 56°13'1"N
Longitude: -3.4231 / 3°25'23"W
OS Eastings: 311840
OS Northings: 703632
OS Grid: NO118036
Mapcode National: GBR 1Z.DBY1
Mapcode Global: WH6R4.DZ5T
Entry Name: Lathro Cottage, enclosure 375m SSE of
Scheduled Date: 28 February 2000
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7614
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Kinross
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Kinross-shire
Traditional County: Kinross-shire
The monument comprises an enclosed settlement of prehistoric date, visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 115m OD. It comprises a sub-rectangular enclosure measuring about 40m SW-NE by about 30m NW-SE, defined by an enclosing ditch that varies in width from less than 1m to about 2.5m. A second ditch runs parallel to the first at the NW corner of the enclosure. There are three possible entrances to the enclosure, all of which are to the S. Cropmarks within the interior of the enclosure indicate the positions of pits and other associated structures.
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 with a diameter of 60m 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.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 10 SW 23.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1986) A30529 NO19SW23.
RCAHMS (1986) A305532 NO10SW23.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Other nearby scheduled monuments