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Park House is a multi-period settlement site near Angus, Scotland, occupying a landscape of Late Devonian sandstone and conglomerate bedrock. The monument encompasses evidence of human occupation spanning from prehistory through the Roman period. The stratified geological foundation of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate has supported successive communities over millennia, each drawn to this location for its strategic or resource advantages.
The site contains a prehistoric settlement and enclosure, representing early agricultural or pastoral activity on this part of the Angus landscape. Overlying these earlier remains lies a Roman camp, indicating military occupation during the period when Rome maintained a presence in northern Britain. The earthworks and structures associated with this Roman phase would have commanded views across the surrounding terrain.
The monument retains significant archaeological potential, preserved beneath subsequent land use including the later Park House structure. Protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4376, the site represents an important palimpsest of settlement patterns and military strategy across multiple periods of Scottish history, with its preservation on stable bedrock offering opportunities for understanding long-term patterns of occupation and land use in Angus.
Dun, Roman camp, prehistoric settlement and enclosure, Park House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4376. View the official record →
Park House is a multi-period settlement site near Angus, Scotland, occupying a landscape of Late Devonian sandstone and conglomerate bedrock. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4376.
Dun, Roman camp, prehistoric settlement and enclosure, Park House dates from the roman period, and is classified as a roman camp, prehistoric settlement and enclosure, park house. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Dun, Roman camp, prehistoric settlement and enclosure, Park House 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 SM4376.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Denhead Cottage,enclosure 200m W of (4 km), Buckiemill,fort 450m SSE of (7 km), Hawkhill Quarry, ring ditches (7.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Dun, Roman camp, prehistoric settlement and enclosure, Park House'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.
Dun, Roman camp, prehistoric settlement and enclosure, Park House stands on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.