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  SM5017_Legal Doc

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Summary

Description

The monument comprises the remains of three enclosures (oval and rectangular) of prehistoric date. They appear in an arable field as marks in cereal crop; experience shows that further remains will survive in the areas (not susceptible to cropmarks) between and around the visible marks. One enclosure appears as the marks of a fort which measures c65m by c50m within three broad ditches c5m apart.

Immediately north east of the fort there is a subrectangular enclosure c 23m within a narrow ditch; it is cut by a ditch c 2m broad possibly associated with the fort. West of the fort there is a second subrectangular enclosure c 40m across with an inturned entrance on the east.

The area to be scheduled measures a maximum of 475m NE- SW by 220m WNW-SSE to include the area in which cropmarks are visible and areas between and around where further features are likely to survive, as marked in red on the attached map.

Statement of National Importance

The monument is of national importance as the remains of three prehistoric structures of different form. Even though the area is under the plough experience shows that extensive and important archaeological features and deposits will survive below plough level.

The group of enclosures has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of many aspects of prehistoric life, in particular the design and use of settlements over time; the potential exists to establish a stratigraphic relationship between a fort and a possibly earlier enclosure of unusual form.

The monuments are of added importance because of the survival in the vicinity of other monuments of similar or other dates representing a variety of functions. The monuments have the potential to increase greatly our knowledge of the prehistoric landscape in Scotland.

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