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Latitude: 56.4031 / 56°24'11"N
Longitude: -2.9619 / 2°57'42"W
OS Eastings: 340732
OS Northings: 723841
OS Grid: NO407238
Mapcode National: GBR 2K.0DKB
Mapcode Global: WH7RQ.GBT5
Entry Name: Easter Kinnear, unenclosed settlement 650m NNE of
Scheduled Date: 9 September 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6801
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Kilmany
County: Fife
Electoral Ward: Tay Bridgehead
Traditional County: Fife
The monument comprises an unenclosed settlement of prehistoric date, visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 40m OD. It comprises at least four disc-shaped cropmarks, measuring between 5m to 10m in diameter. Some 30m to the E is a curved length of ditch which may be the remains of an enclosure. The cropmarks are likely to represent the remains of former timber roundhouses of the later 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 irregular in shape with maximum dimensions of 100m E-W by 80m NNE-SSW, and its E boundary is formed by the edge of the public road. The area is 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. Its importance is enhanced by its proximity to sites of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 42 SW 57.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1989) B21142 NO42SW57.
RCAHMS (1989) B21145 NO42SW57.
RCAHMS (1990) F/9316/TR NO42SW57.
RCAHMS (1991) F/9205/TR NO42SW58, 59.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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