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Latitude: 56.6078 / 56°36'27"N
Longitude: -3.1629 / 3°9'46"W
OS Eastings: 328715
OS Northings: 746812
OS Grid: NO287468
Mapcode National: GBR VF.2M7D
Mapcode Global: WH6PJ.D53R
Entry Name: Haughend, enclosure 500m W of
Scheduled Date: 18 August 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7263
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Alyth
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Strathmore
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises an enclosure of prehistoric date, visible as a series of cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 40m OD. It comprises a rectilinear ditched enclosure, measuring about 110m NW-SE by about 56m, with a ditch about 1.5m wide. It has an internal subdivision about 20m from the SE end. Within the enclosure are a series of concentrations of cropmarks which appear to represent internal structures or features.
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 rectangular, with maximum dimensions of 150m approximately NW-SE by 85m transversely, 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 an understanding of prehistoric settlement and economy.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monuments as NO 24 NE 47.
Aerial Photographs used:
CUCAP (1959) PT/10928 NO24NE47.
RCAHMS (1977) PT/5793 NO24NE47, 60.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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