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Latitude: 56.7374 / 56°44'14"N
Longitude: -2.7007 / 2°42'2"W
OS Eastings: 357229
OS Northings: 760862
OS Grid: NO572608
Mapcode National: GBR WV.YMD7
Mapcode Global: WH7Q3.HX4D
Entry Name: Broomfield,enclosure 200m ESE of
Scheduled Date: 12 March 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6365
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Brechin
County: Angus
Electoral Ward: Brechin and Edzell
Traditional County: Angus
The monument comprises the remains of an enclosed settlement of prehistoric date represented by cropmarks visible on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 90m OD. It comprises a roughly circular enclosure some 50m in diameter with a ditch or perhaps palisade approximately 1m wide. There are possible entrances at the SE and SSW. There are slight indications of possible internal features.
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 80m 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.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 56 SE 46.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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