Scheduled Monument
Unenclosed settlement and long barrow, 320m SSW of Nether KellySM6624
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
- 04/03/1997
- Last Date Amended
- 31/08/2021
- Type
- Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement (if not assigned to any more specific type), Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long barrow
- Local Authority
- Angus
- Parish
- Arbirlot
- NGR
- NO 59663 38164
- Coordinates
- 359663, 738164
Description
The monument comprises the remains of an unenclosed settlement and long barrow of prehistoric date, visible by cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs. The monument lies in arable farmland, at a height of around 25m above sea level.
The scheduled area contains cropmarks of an unenclosed settlement and a long barrow located around 130m to the east of the settlement edge. The unenclosed settlement probably dates to the end of the Bronze Age (2500BC-800BC) or Iron Age (800BC-500AD). The settlement has a large number of features including ring ditches, souterrains and sub-circular enclosures. Ring ditches have been shown by excavation to represent the remains of former timber roundhouses of the later prehistoric period. The examples here measure between around 8m to 15m in diameter within ditches about 1m wide. The area also includes several souterrains, each about 10m to 15m in length. These were semi-underground cellars attached to above-ground settlements during the Iron Age and are generally thought to have been used for storage.
The long barrow is a funerary and burial monument, probably dating from the Bronze Age (2500BC-800BC). The barrow is represented by cropmarks of two parallel ditches measuring around 35m in length. The ends of the long barrow are not visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs.
The scheduled area is in two parts; the larger western area covering the settlement and the smaller eastern area centred on the barrow, each extending up to 15 metres from the outer edges of the cropmarks (based on transcription data). It includes the remains described above and an area around within which evidence relating to the monument's construction, use and abandonment is expected to survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map.
Statement of National Importance
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric settlement and economy. The relationships, both chronological and functional, between the various features will be of particular importance.
References
Bibliography
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