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1 Ironshill Farm Cottages is a multi-period archaeological landscape in Angus, Scotland, comprising Bronze Age and later settlements, a barrow and associated pit features. The site lies on bedrock of the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, early Devonian sandstone with conglomerate and mudstone deposits that provided stone for construction and shaped the local topography. The monument occupies a landscape typical of southern Angus, where Bronze Age funerary and domestic activity often clustered in favourable locations.
The barrow, the site's most distinctive feature, represents formal ritual burial practice of the second millennium BC. Such monuments served as enduring markers of significant individuals within the community. The settlement remains indicate domestic occupation, possibly spanning several centuries, with pits likely used for storage, refuse or industrial processing. This combination of funerary and domestic features suggests a stable, established settlement sequence.
The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM6057, reflecting its importance in understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and social organisation in eastern Scotland. The archaeological evidence preserved here, combined with the underlying solid geology, provides material evidence of how early communities exploited and inhabited this corner of Angus.
1 Ironshill Farm Cottages, settlements, barrow and pits 250m SSW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6057. View the official record →
1 Ironshill Farm Cottages is a multi-period archaeological landscape in Angus, Scotland, comprising Bronze Age and later settlements, a barrow and associated pit features. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6057.
1 Ironshill Farm Cottages, settlements, barrow and pits 250m SSW of is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM6057.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prail Castle,fort (4 km), West Mains of Ethie,fort 250m S of (4.2 km), Castle Rock,fort,Auchmithie (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of 1 Ironshill Farm Cottages, settlements, barrow and pits 250m SSW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
1 Ironshill Farm Cottages, settlements, barrow and pits 250m SSW of stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.