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Latitude: 56.4634 / 56°27'48"N
Longitude: -3.1276 / 3°7'39"W
OS Eastings: 330616
OS Northings: 730705
OS Grid: NO306307
Mapcode National: GBR VF.ZPG1
Mapcode Global: WH6Q3.XSVZ
Entry Name: Strawberrybank, ring ditch 400m NNW of
Scheduled Date: 6 March 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6629
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house
Location: Longforgan
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Carse of Gowrie
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises the remains of a ring ditch house of later prehistoric date represented by cropmarks visible on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 40m OD. It comprises a ring ditch some 12m in diameter within a ditch some 2m wide. It appears to have an E-facing entrance. Ring ditches such as this have been found, on excavation, to represent the remains of former timber roundhouses of the later prehistoric period.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric settlement and economy.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 33 SW 74.
Canmore
https://canmore.org.uk/site/82506/
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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