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Latitude: 56.4167 / 56°25'0"N
Longitude: -2.9445 / 2°56'40"W
OS Eastings: 341828
OS Northings: 725338
OS Grid: NO418253
Mapcode National: GBR VL.CQ0D
Mapcode Global: WH7RJ.RZ29
Entry Name: Esky Loch, unenclosed settlement 400m ENE of
Scheduled Date: 30 September 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7091
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Forgan
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 35m OD. It comprises two groups of disc-shaped cropmarks each measuring between about 5m and 10m in diameter. The northerly group is the larger, and a souterrain some 18m long lies about 55m to the W of it. The second group is 60m to the SE, and includes another souterrain about 11m long. There are also several pits.
The disc-shapes represent the remains of a small clustered settlement of timber roundhouses and ancillary buildings. Souterrains are subterranean structures generally thought to have been used for storage in later prehistory.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the visible remains and an area around them within which related material may be expected to survive. It is irregular, with maximum dimensions of 150m E-W by 160m N-S 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. 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 NW 56.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1984) A22167 NO42NW55, 56.
RCAHMS (1991) A22167/TR NO42NW56.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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