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East Pilmore is an unenclosed settlement situated approximately one kilometre east of Pilmore in Perthshire, Scotland. The site lies on bedrock of the Arbuttnott-Garvock Group, sandstone strata interspersed with conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone laid down during the Pragian period of the Early Devonian. This underlying geology shaped both the landscape and the practical considerations of settlement location in the later prehistoric period.
Unenclosed settlements of this type, lacking the defensive ditches or ramparts of contemporary fortified sites, typically represent dispersed domestic communities of the Iron Age and Roman periods. At East Pilmore, the absence of earthwork boundaries suggests a settlement organised around kinship networks and cooperative land-use rather than centralised control. The particular topography and geology of this Perthshire location would have influenced the pattern of structures and fields that once characterised the site.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland and registered under reference SM6519. The survival of settlement remains at East Pilmore contributes important evidence to understanding rural settlement patterns across Perthshire during the later prehistoric era, a period when much of central Scotland's landscape was gradually brought into permanent agricultural use.
East Pilmore, unenclosed settlement 1000m E of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6519. View the official record →
East Pilmore is an unenclosed settlement situated approximately one kilometre east of Pilmore in Perthshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6519.
East Pilmore, unenclosed settlement 1000m E 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 SM6519.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow, 350m NNW of 28 Red Cliffs (0.5 km), Balmerino Abbey (5.4 km), Coultra,burial mound 225m NW of (6.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of East Pilmore, unenclosed settlement 1000m E of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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East Pilmore, unenclosed settlement 1000m E of stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.