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Home Farm is an unenclosed settlement located 200 metres east-north-east of the main farm buildings in Perthshire. The site occupies bedrock of the Southern Highland Group, a geological formation dating from the Middle Cambrian period, comprising psammite and pelite deposits that produce the rolling, productive agricultural landscape characteristic of this part of Perthshire. Unenclosed settlements of this type typically date to the Bronze Age or Iron Age and represent a distinct form of settlement organisation where domestic structures were not surrounded by defensive or demarcating boundaries, suggesting a society with different concerns from later enclosed communities.
The settlement is protected under Historic Environment Scotland's Scheduled Monument designation reference SM7750. Such upland and marginal-land settlements across Perthshire often served pastoral communities whose economic strategy differed from the lowland enclosed farmsteads that would become dominant in later periods. The site's survival and scheduling reflect its importance in understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and land-use practices across the Southern Highlands region.
Home Farm, unenclosed settlement 200m ENE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7750. View the official record →
Home Farm is an unenclosed settlement located 200 metres east-north-east of the main farm buildings in Perthshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7750.
Home Farm, unenclosed settlement 200m ENE 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 SM7750.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Urlar,settlement 550m E of (3.1 km), Carse Farm,stone circle 350m WNW of (3.2 km), Margmore, cup-marked rock 740m SSW of (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Home Farm, unenclosed settlement 200m ENE of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Home Farm, unenclosed settlement 200m ENE of stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.