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Latitude: 56.7047 / 56°42'16"N
Longitude: -2.7405 / 2°44'25"W
OS Eastings: 354759
OS Northings: 757245
OS Grid: NO547572
Mapcode National: GBR VQ.PPFP
Mapcode Global: WH7Q8.WQ6Y
Entry Name: Netherton, settlement 500m S of
Scheduled Date: 22 November 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6531
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement
Location: Aberlemno
County: Angus
Electoral Ward: Brechin and Edzell
Traditional County: Angus
The monument comprises the remains of a settlement of prehistoric date represented by cropmarks visible on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 80m OD. It comprises a roughly circular enclosure some 30m in diameter within a ditch up to about 3m wide, with opposed entrances at the NE and SW. Immediately to the NW and W respectively are a ring ditch with a diameter of about 15m, and a souterrain (the remains of a semi-sunken storage cellar) about 15m long, aligned NW-SE. There are numerous less well-defined cropmarks in the vicinity. All of these features are characteristic of later prehistoric settlement.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the remains described and an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 100m as marked in red on the accompanying map.
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 similar date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NO 55 NW 55.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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