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Skirley Craig

Perth & Kinross, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2633

Location

Atlas number
SC2633 (2633)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Perth & Kinross
Historic county
Perthshire
Parish, community, or townland
Crieff
National Grid reference
NN 8621 2588
Latitude
56.41149
Longitude
-3.84572
Altitude
340 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 3, SE 3, SW 0, NW 0
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
0.23 ha
Footprint
0.37 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east); Passage-way/Corridor (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop and inland promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and heather moorland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1966); Other (1975); Other (1996)

Identifiers

HER
Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust MPK828
National record
record NN 82 NE 5; monument 25423
Wikidata
Q31097075

Sources