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Latitude: 56.3276 / 56°19'39"N
Longitude: -3.3442 / 3°20'39"W
OS Eastings: 316971
OS Northings: 715838
OS Grid: NO169158
Mapcode National: GBR 22.5BNC
Mapcode Global: WH6QS.L7Q0
Entry Name: Wellfield, enclosure 220m SSE of
Scheduled Date: 4 March 2002
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM9451
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Abernethy
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Almond and Earn
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 and is situated close to the northern edge of an old river terrace at about 20m OD, immediately S of the A913 trunk road. The enclosure appears to be roughly oval in plan, although the eastern arc of the enclosing ditch is not visible on the available aerial photographs.
Internally, the enclosure measures a minimum of 30m from NW to SE by about 24m transversely. The width of the ditch appears to vary considerably, from 6m on the SW to little more than 1m on the NE side. A roughly circular cropmark, about 4m in diameter, is visible in the N part of the interior and probably indicates the position of a roundhouse.
Enclosed settlements of this type are characteristic of the Iron Age. The settlement probably dates to some time in the thousand-year period from about 500 BC to AD 500.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 60m, as marked on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to an understanding of prehistoric settlement and economy. Its importance is increased by its proximity to other monuments of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 11 NE 31.
Aerial photographs used:
RCAHMS (1978) PT/.5933.
RCAHMS (1984) A65467.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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