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Enclosed Settlement 220m NW of North Cottage is a prehistoric defended settlement situated in Perthshire, Scotland. The site occupies ground underlain by Stratheden Group bedrock of Late Devonian age, comprising interbedded sandstone and conglomerate that would have shaped settlement choices and construction methods in antiquity. The enclosure represents a form of domestic and defensive architecture characteristic of Iron Age communities in eastern Scotland, where compact settlements fortified by ramparts or palisades provided security and defined territorial identity.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled ancient monument under reference SM7208. Such enclosed settlements were typically occupied by extended family groups or small communities engaged in agriculture and stock-herding. The choice of this location in Perthshire reflects the strategic importance of the region, where river valleys and moorland provided both fertile ground and routes for trade and communication with neighbouring settlements.
The survival of the earthwork in the landscape today allows archaeologists and historians to study settlement patterns and social organisation during the Late Iron Age and early historic period. Though not subjected to large-scale excavation, the site contributes to our understanding of how communities adapted to the physical environment and organised themselves for mutual defence in this distinctive period of Scottish prehistory.
Enclosed settlement, 220m NW of North Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7208. View the official record →
Enclosed Settlement 220m NW of North Cottage is a prehistoric defended settlement situated in Perthshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7208.
Enclosed settlement, 220m NW of North Cottage 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 SM7208.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Grey Stone, standing stone and unenclosed settlement, 240m W of Keepers Cottage (6.9 km), Ballinbreich Castle (7.2 km), Gallowflat, unenclosed settlement 150m NE of (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Enclosed settlement, 220m NW of North Cottage's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Enclosed settlement, 220m NW of North Cottage stands on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.