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Knock Durroch

Perth & Kinross, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2632

Location

Atlas number
SC2632 (2632)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Perth & Kinross
Historic county
Perthshire
Parish, community, or townland
Crieff
National Grid reference
NN 8774 2551
Latitude
56.40850
Longitude
-3.82089
Altitude
165 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1863); Other (1940); Other (1942); Other (1957); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1966); Other (1975)

Identifiers

HER
Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust MPK827
National record
record NN 82 NE 3; monument 25421
Wikidata
Q31097068

Sources

References

  1. Marshall, W (1881) Historic scenes in Perthshire. Edinburgh (p 300)
  2. Stewart, M E C (1957) 'Knock Durroch, Monzie'. Disc Exc Scot (1957), 24