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Wester Bonhard is an unenclosed settlement situated in Perthshire, Scotland, approximately 300 metres north-north-west of a point marker. The site occupies bedrock of the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, a Pragian-age formation comprising sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone that would have shaped both the landscape and the building materials available to its inhabitants.
Unenclosed settlements of this type, lacking the defensive ditches or stone walls characteristic of other prehistoric and medieval settlements, are thought to represent communities organised on less hierarchical or more open social principles. The sandy bedrock beneath Wester Bonhard would have provided reasonably workable ground for construction and cultivation, though the mixed geology with its bands of harder conglomerate and softer mudstones would have presented varied conditions across the settlement area.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6710, recognising its significance for understanding settlement patterns and social organisation in the Scottish Highlands during the prehistoric or early medieval period. The monument's survival in the landscape offers evidence of how communities adapted to Perthshire's distinctive geological and topographical conditions.
Wester Bonhard, unenclosed settlement 300m NNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6710. View the official record →
Wester Bonhard is an unenclosed settlement situated in Perthshire, Scotland, approximately 300 metres north-north-west of a point marker. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6710.
Wester Bonhard, unenclosed settlement 300m NNW 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 SM6710.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Inchyra Farm, unenclosed settlement 500m NE of (6.7 km), Moredun Top, fort (7 km), Moncreiffe Hill, fort 800m NW of Moncreiffe House (7.3 km).
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Wester Bonhard, unenclosed settlement 300m NNW of stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.