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Kinloch
Unenclosed Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Kinloch
Classification Unenclosed Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 30173
Site Number NO21SE 33
NGR NO 27964 11537
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/30173
- Council Fife
- Parish Collessie
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO21SE 33 centred 27964 11537
The cropmarks of an unenclosed settlement overlain by rig and furrow cultivation (NO21SE 32) has been identified from air photographs across a field 440m NW of Innerleith farmsteading. Settlement traces (centred on NO 279 115) include at least 9 circular or oval marks and several arcs of ditch, all possibly houses with diameters ranging between 7m and 11m. Several circular marks intersect (for instance at NO 2794 1155) indicating that there was more than one phase of house construction. A number of shadowy marks, crescents, arcs of ditch and pits are scattered across the same field to the S, and any further traces immediately to the N are obscured by woodland cover. The cropmarks of a souterrain have been recorded 80m to the ESE (NO21SE 12).
Information from RCAHMS (KB) 9 February 2000
Aerial Photographic Transcription (31 July 1990 - 19 November 1990)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
Archaeological Evaluation (9 January 2011 - 22 February 2011)
A programme of archaeological evaluation works was carried out for Dalgleish Associates on behalf of Laird Aggregates Ltd to inform the development a proposal for mineral extraction on land to the south of Kinloch House, Collessie, Fife. The evaluation confirmed the presence of significant archaeological sites first identified from aerial photography within the proposed extraction area. The archaeological sites included an unenclosed settlement that may stretch from the Iron Age to the Pictish period on a knoll that would have been a peninsula into the drained Rossie Loch. This settlement includes a scheduled souterrain, evidence for post build structures and sunken structures with paved floors. Further north was a severely truncated pit alignment of uncertain, but probably prehistoric, origin. A number of dispersed pits or post-holes were also located, one of which contained numerous sherds of a Neolithic Grooved Ware pottery vessel. The findings of the evaluation have been used to inform a series of recommendations regarding the treatment of these sites within the design process for the proposed extraction.
Archive: RCAHMS. Report: Fife Council Archaeology Service
Funder: Laird Aggregates Ltd
Rathmell Archaeology Ltd, 2011
Information also reported in Oasis (rathmell1-88669) 26 March 2013
