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Latitude: 56.531 / 56°31'51"N
Longitude: -3.3203 / 3°19'13"W
OS Eastings: 318887
OS Northings: 738446
OS Grid: NO188384
Mapcode National: GBR V9.KDMC
Mapcode Global: WH6PT.Z32L
Entry Name: Leyston, settlement 500m NE of
Scheduled Date: 1 February 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7153
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Cargill
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Strathmore
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises an unenclosed settlement of prehistoric date, visible as a series of cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies on locally high ground in arable farmland on the crest of a low ridge. It comprises a number of distinct features characteristic of later prehistoric settlement. In the N part of the site lies a ring-ditch measuring about 20m in internal diameter, with entrances on the NE and SW. Ring ditches such as this have been shown on excavation to represent the remains of former timber roundhouses.
Within the ring-ditch is a crescent-shaped cropmark some 15m across seemingly representing the buried remains of internal deposits. Immediately to the S is a sub-circular palisaded enclosure, some 40m in maximum diameter, which intersects with the ring ditch (indicating that the two were not contemporary).
There are a number of other cropmarks in the vicinity which appear to represent associated structures, including numerous pits and more amorphous remains.
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 irregular in shape with maximum dimensions of 150m between its N and S-most points and 170m between its E and W-most points, 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 the understanding of prehistoric settlement and economy. Its importance is increased by its proximity to monuments of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 13 NE 60.
Aerial Photographs used:
CUCAP (1968) PT/11030/po NO13NE60.
CUCAP (1968) A35191/po NO13NE60.
RCAHMS (1989) PT/11030/TR NO13NE60, 82.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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