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Ochtertyre

Perth & Kinross, Scotland ยท Atlas SC2635

Location

Atlas number
SC2635 (2635)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Perth & Kinross
Historic county
Perthshire
Parish, community, or townland
Monzievaird And Strowan
National Grid reference
NN 8509 2387
Latitude
56.39313
Longitude
-3.86309
Altitude
124 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 3, SW 1, NW 1
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.08 ha
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

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms
Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1940); Earthwork Survey (1960); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1966); Other (1996)

Identifiers

HER
Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust MPK5286
National record
record NN 82 SE 35; monument 25456
Wikidata
Q31097081

Sources