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Priestfield is a palisaded homestead and ring ditches situated in Angus, Scotland, approximately 350 metres south-east of the settlement name. The monument comprises the earthwork remains of a prehistoric domestic enclosure, defended by a timber palisade, together with associated ring-ditched structures which likely represent individual roundhouses or storage facilities. The site lies on bedrock of the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, comprising sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone of Pragian age, geology which would have provided both building stone and firm ground suitable for Iron Age settlement.
The palisaded homestead form represents a domestic settlement type characteristic of Iron Age Scotland, wherein a central house or group of buildings was enclosed within a defensive timber fence. The ring ditches, circular depressions marking the foundation trenches of post-built structures, indicate a planned settlement layout typical of the later prehistoric period. Such sites often remained in use for several generations, their earthworks preserved beneath pasture.
Priestfield is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5978. The monument survives as earthwork features visible in the landscape, representing a significant record of Iron Age settlement patterns and domestic organisation in eastern Scotland.
Priestfield,palisaded homestead and ring ditches 350m ESE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5978. View the official record →
Priestfield is a palisaded homestead and ring ditches situated in Angus, Scotland, approximately 350 metres south-east of the settlement name. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5978.
Priestfield,palisaded homestead and ring ditches 350m ESE 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 SM5978.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prail Castle,fort (3.4 km), West Mains of Ethie,fort 250m S of (3.5 km), Castle Rock,fort,Auchmithie (4.8 km).
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Priestfield,palisaded homestead and ring ditches 350m ESE of stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.