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Bonhard Park is an unenclosed settlement located in Perthshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The site lies on bedrock of the Arbuttnott-Garvock Group, a formation of Pragian age comprising sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone. This geology, exposed across the landscape of south Perthshire, provided readily accessible stone for construction and a stable foundation for settlement.
Unenclosed settlements such as Bonhard Park represent a distinctive form of prehistoric and early historic occupation, typically comprising scattered or loosely grouped homesteads without surrounding defensive or demarcatory boundaries. These sites are particularly common in upland and marginal areas of Scotland, where communities favoured mobility and flexibility in settlement patterns over the more formally organised enclosed settlements of lowland regions.
The monument preserves significant archaeological potential for understanding prehistoric settlement strategies, building practices and land-use in this part of Perthshire. The specific topography and underlying geology of Bonhard Park would have shaped both the practical feasibility of settlement and the daily economic strategies of its inhabitants, making detailed study of the site essential to broader understanding of early Scottish communities.
Bonhard Park, unenclosed settlement SE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6708. View the official record →
Bonhard Park is an unenclosed settlement located in Perthshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6708.
Bonhard Park, unenclosed settlement SE 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 SM6708.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Inchyra Farm, unenclosed settlement 500m NE of (6.6 km), Moredun Top, fort (6.7 km), Moncreiffe Hill, fort 800m NW of Moncreiffe House (7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Bonhard Park, unenclosed settlement SE 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.
Bonhard Park, unenclosed settlement SE of stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.