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The legal document available for download below constitutes the formal designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The additional details provided on this page are provided for information purposes only and do not form part of the designation. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within this additional information.

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  SM2208_Legal Doc

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Summary

Description

The area now to be scheduled comprises the remains of a large number of prehistoric and later dwelling sites, marked by circular (prehistoric) and rectangular (medieval and later) foundations. Smaller foundations nearby represent outbuildings. Around these dwelling places are well-preserved traces of contemporary field systems, the fields bounded by banks of stone and turf and dotted with small cairns of stone. These cairns are largely the result of field clearance but in a few instances may cover human remains. In addition, there are a number of mounds of burnt stone, probably prehistoric cooking places.

The area now to be scheduled measures a maximum of 985m NNW-SSE by a maximum of 435m WSW-ENE, to include all of the above features and the ground around and between them, in which associated evidence for contemporary agricultural land-use and environmental conditions has been shown, by sample excavation, to survive. The W edge of the scheduled area is defined by the fence bounding the verge of the realigned A836 public road. This scheduling specifically excludes the existing pylons of overhead power lines and all existing fences and gates.

Statement of National Importance

The monument is of national importance because of its proven potential to contribute to an understanding of upland prehistoric and later settlement and economy, spanning a date range of well over 3000 years. It can provide important evidence for the nature and date of construction and occupation of a variety of different forms of dwelling, and for the agricultural and other activities practised by their inhabitants.

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About Scheduled Monuments

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Scheduling is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for monuments and archaeological sites of national importance as set out in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.

We schedule sites and monuments that are found to be of national importance using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Scheduled monument records provide an indication of the national importance of the scheduled monument which has been identified by the description and map. The description and map (see ‘legal documents’ above) showing the scheduled area is the designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The statement of national importance and additional information provided are supplementary and provided for general information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within the statement of national importance or additional information. These records are not definitive historical or archaeological accounts or a complete description of the monument(s).

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