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Keir, Easter Tarr
Stirling, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2617
Location
- Atlas number
- SC2617 (2617)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Stirling
- Historic county
- Perthshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Port Of Menteith
- National Grid reference
- NN 6377 0074
- Latitude
- 56.17981
- Longitude
- -4.19626
- Altitude
- 30 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- partial univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 0, SE 0, SW 0, NW 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.15 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1845); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1862); Other (1957); Other (1968); Other (1977)
Identifiers
- HER
- Stirling
- National record
- record NN 60 SW 5; monument 24406
- Wikidata
- Q31109781
Sources
References
- Chalmers, G (1887-94) Caledonia: or a historical and topographical account of North Britain (7 vols + index). Paisley (Vol. 1, 93)
- Chrystal, W (1903) The kingdom of Kippen: its history and traditions. Stirling (138)
- Name Book, Ordnance Survey Object Name Books (6 inch and 1/2500 scale); available http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/. Perthshire No. 68, p 78