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Latitude: 56.6911 / 56°41'27"N
Longitude: -3.0636 / 3°3'48"W
OS Eastings: 334953
OS Northings: 755987
OS Grid: NO349559
Mapcode National: GBR VH.CDBN
Mapcode Global: WH6P5.X2BW
Entry Name: Culhawk Hill,house 500m N of Culhawk
Scheduled Date: 28 March 1988
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4492
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house
Location: Kirriemuir
County: Angus
Electoral Ward: Kirriemuir and Dean
Traditional County: Angus
The monument comprises an oval house defined by a 2m to 3m wide bank and internal ditch, the whole measuring up to 21m (NS) by 20m (EW) externally. A 3m wide gap to the S represents an entrance. The ditch is shallower to the west than the east; in this as well as its general appearance, the house is similar to that on Castle Hill 1.3km to the east. The area to be scheduled measures 50m by 50m.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is a fine well preserved house. It is of particular interest because it is one of the very few upstanding examples of a type of house which normally only survives as a cropmark on agricultural ground in E Scotland. It is of national importance to studies of prehistoric settlement and to studies of cropmark monuments.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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