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Mill of Boddam is a Iron Age settlement comprising a ring ditch and souterrain located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The ring ditch represents the defensive or demarcative boundary of a domestic enclosure, a settlement form characteristic of the Iron Age in northern Britain, while the souterrain, a subterranean stone-built structure, would have served functions including storage and refuge. The combination of these two archaeological features indicates a substantial farming community with technological sophistication, as souterrains required considerable labour and engineering knowledge to construct. The site represents typical Iron Age settlement organisation in the northeast of Scotland during the first millennium BC.
Mill of Boddam, ring ditch and souterrain 190m NE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11512. View the official record →
Mill of Boddam is a Iron Age settlement comprising a ring ditch and souterrain located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11512.
Mill of Boddam, ring ditch and souterrain 190m NE of dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a ring ditch and souterrain. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Mill of Boddam, ring ditch and souterrain 190m NE 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 SM11512.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hill of Christ's Kirk, fort (3.9 km), Christ's Kirk, Kennethmont (4.2 km), Hatton of Ardoyne,stone circle 350m SE of (5.1 km).
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