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Castle Craig

Perth & Kinross, Scotland · Atlas SC2650

Castle Craig is a contour fort in Auchterarder, Perth & Kinross, Scotland.

Other names on the record: Pairney.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate and partial bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of rubble, and an enclosed area of 2.22 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and at 139 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes pasture, scrub or bracken, and heather moorland.

Dating evidence is recorded for AD 50–400 and after AD 800 (Artefactual, C14, and Morphology/Earthwork/Typology). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (4213).

Location

Atlas number
SC2650 (2650)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Perth & Kinross
Historic county
Perthshire
Parish, community, or townland
Auchterarder
National Grid reference
NN 9760 1271
Latitude
56.29582
Longitude
-3.65612
Altitude
139 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 0, SW 2, NW 1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
2.22 ha
Enclosure areas
0.06 ha, 2.22 ha
Footprint
2.35 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
rubble
Enclosing works, excavated
stone wall
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system and ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North); Simple Gap (South west)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture, scrub or bracken, and heather moorland

Dating

Dating
AD 50–400 and after AD 800
Dating evidence
Artefactual, C14, and Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms
Interior excavation
pits
Finds
pottery and lithics
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1783); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1967); Other (1971); Excavation (1978); Geophysical Survey (2011); Excavation (2011); Other (2015)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
4213
HER
Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust MPK1399
National record
record NN 91 SE 11; monument 26048
Wikidata
Q31097298

Sources

References

  1. James, H (2011) 'Castle Craig: SERF, Perth and Kinross (Auchterarder parish), excavation'. Disc Exc Scot, New Ser, 12 (2011), 144-145
  2. Lye, D M (1971) 'Auchterarder, Pairney Farm, fortification'. Disc Exc Scot (1971), 33
  3. Poller, T (2011) 'Ben Effrey and Castle Craig: The Strathearn Environs and Royal Forteviot Project (SERF), Perth and Kinross (Auchterarder parish), geophysical survey'. Disc Exc Scot, New Ser, 12 (2011), 143-144
  4. Sherriff, J R (1979) 'Castle Craig Fort (Auchterarder parish) pits, ramparts'. Disc Exc Scot (1979), 44-5
  5. Sherriff, J R (1984) 'Excavations at Castle Craig, Auchterarder, 1978'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 114 (1984), 574-7