Enclosure 300m ENE of Home Farm Edinburgh, Scotland
Scheduled Monument Data
Enclosure 300m ENE of Home Farm has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since scheduling.
- Historic Scotland ID
- SM0
- Name
- Home Farm, enclosure 300m ENE of
- Parish
- Edinburgh
- County
- Edinburgh
- Easting
- 330349
- Northing
- 670258
- Categories
- Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
- Date Listed
- 10 June 1994
Scheduled Monument Description
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
The monument comprises the remains of an enclosed settlement of prehistoric date represented by cropmarks visible on oblique aerial photographs.
The remains lie on gently sloping arable land. Although not on the highest point in the vicinity the site commands extensive views to the N and W. The monument is defined by a narrow ditch, approximately 2-3m wide, forming an oval enclosure measuring approximately 60m N-S by 40m E-W. There are no definite signs of an entrance or of internal features, although experience of comparable sites has shown that archaeological deposits will survive below the ploughsoil.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the visible features together with an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is irregular in shape with maximum dimensions of 160m N-S by 90m as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Scheduled Monument Statement of Significance
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric defended settlement. The ditches may be expected to contain evidence for the construction of the enclosure and, together with internal features, evidence relating to prehistoric economy and environment.
Scheduled Monument References
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
RCAHMS records the monument as NT 37 SW 189.
