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Latitude: 56.5582 / 56°33'29"N
Longitude: -3.3555 / 3°21'19"W
OS Eastings: 316779
OS Northings: 741519
OS Grid: NO167415
Mapcode National: GBR V8.8Y42
Mapcode Global: WH6PM.FFC7
Entry Name: Upper Gothens, enclosure 350m ESE of
Scheduled Date: 20 January 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7169
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure
Location: Lethendy
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Strathtay
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises an enclosed settlement of prehistoric date, visible as a cropmark on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland on gently sloping ground, at about 55m OD. It comprises a sub-circular enclosure, measuring some 65m in maximum diameter, defined by a narrow ditch about 1.5m wide. The ditch appears to consist of a number of sections, each nearly straight. There are indications of two separate lines of ditch on the SE, which may indicate a realignment at some stage during the site's history. There is a possible entrance on the SW.
The narrow ditch may originally have held a palisade, a timber fence of closely-spaced posts, or it may have been accompanied by a rampart. Enclosures of this type are characteristic of the prehistoric period.
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 110m, 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.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 14 SE 43.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1982) PT/11184 NO14SE43.
RCAHMS (1982) PT/11186 NO14SE43.
RCAHMS (1990) PT/11187/TR NO14SE43.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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