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Cambusmichael enclosure and souterrain is an Iron Age monument located in Perthshire, Scotland, protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7180. The site comprises a substantial earthwork enclosure with an associated underground stone-built passage, typical of settlements constructed during the later prehistoric period in eastern Scotland. The monument lies on bedrock of the Strathmore Group, a formation of Emsian sandstone interspersed with conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone that would have provided readily available stone for construction.
The enclosure represents the defended residential settlement pattern characteristic of Iron Age communities in Strathmore and the Tay valley, where such sites cluster in the lowland agricultural landscape. The presence of a souterrain—an underground chambered passage accessed from within or near the enclosure—indicates substantial occupation and investment in the settlement's infrastructure. These subterranean structures served practical purposes including storage, refuge and possibly ritual functions.
The monument survives as an earthwork, with the enclosure banks and the souterrain's stone-built passages remaining visible on the ground. As an Iron Age defensive settlement with underground architecture, Cambusmichael contributes to understanding the social organisation and settlement hierarchy of Perthshire's prehistoric communities.
Cambusmichael, enclosure & souterrain 100m N of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7180. View the official record →
Cambusmichael enclosure and souterrain is an Iron Age monument located in Perthshire, Scotland, protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7180.
Cambusmichael, enclosure & souterrain 100m N of dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a enclosure & souterrain. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cambusmichael, enclosure & souterrain 100m N 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 SM7180.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Balgarvie, unenclosed settlement 350m ESE of (6.9 km), Mill of Bonhard, unenclosed settlement and standing stone 200m S of (7.1 km), Barrow, 310m WNW of 36 Lumsden Crescent (7.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Cambusmichael, enclosure & souterrain 100m N of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Cambusmichael, enclosure & souterrain 100m N of stands on Strathmore Group, bedrock that formed in the Emsian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.