Scheduled Monument

Wag Hill,prehistoric settlement 1300m NE ofSM600

Status: Designated

Documents

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The legal document available for download below constitutes the formal designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The additional details provided on this page are provided for information purposes only and do not form part of the designation. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within this additional information.

Summary

Date Added
30/06/1939
Last Date Amended
17/05/1993
Supplementary Information Updated
08/03/2019
Type
Prehistoric domestic and defensive: linear earthwork; settlement (if not assigned to any more specific type)
Local Authority
Highland
Planning Authority
Highland
Parish
Latheron
NGR
ND 11887 32954
Coordinates
311887, 932954

Description

The monument is a Post Medieval settlement which consists of a range of structures. These include 5 rectangular houses, 6 small oval shielings and 8 other irregular foundations, possibly shielings. The buildings vary in size from 3m across to 15m by 3.5m and survive in a variety of conditions which may indicate a fairly long period of occupation. There is also a stone-built sheepfold 14m in diameter to the S of the site. This settlement would appear to represent part of a 'cottar town', many of which were destroyed during the clearances of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The area to be scheduled measures a maximum of 300m N-S and 240m E-W, to include the buildings and an area around them in which traces of activities associated with their use will survive, as shown in red on the attached plan. A recent forestry track and adjacent tipping is excluded from the area to be scheduled.

Statement of National Importance

This monument is of national importance for its potential to contribute to an understanding of prehistoric settlement and land use. This site incorporates important information on the domestic life and economic organisation of a prehistoric community. In addition the building contain evidence of prehistoric domestic architecture.

References

Bibliography

The monument is RCAHMS number ND 13 SW 10.

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Scheduling is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for monuments and archaeological sites of national importance as set out in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.

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