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Dun Knock, Dunning
Perth & Kinross, Scotland · Atlas SC3011
Location
- Atlas number
- SC3011 (3011)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Perth & Kinross
- Historic county
- Perthshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Dunning
- National Grid reference
- NO 0230 1431
- Latitude
- 56.31121
- Longitude
- -3.58073
- Altitude
- 95 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- partial multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 5
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 4, SE 0, SW 0, NW 5
- Number of ditches
- 5
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.37 ha
- Enclosing works, excavated
- earthen bank, stone wall, timber-framed wall, and vitrification
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland, pasture, and arable
Dating
- Dating
- 800–400 BC
- Dating evidence
- C14
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- pottery and lithics
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1978); Other (1998); Other (2001); Excavation (2008); Excavation (2009); Earthwork Survey (2015)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 9434
- HER
- Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust MPK2004
- National record
- record NO 01 SW 18; monument 26688
- Wikidata
- Q31097496
Sources
References
- Dalglish, Lelong, MacGregor and Sneddon, C, O, G and D (2009) 'Dunknock, Perth and Kinross (Dunning parish), excavation'. Disc Exc Scot, New Ser, 10 (2009), 148-149
- Dalglish, Lelong, MacGregor and Sneddon, C, O, G and D (2009) Dunknock Hillfort Excavations 2009; Data Structure Report. Glasgow University SERF Project
- Donaldson, Allison and Hall, C.H, S and M.A (2004) 'Vitrified Rocks from Dun Knock hillfort, Dunning, Perth and Kinross', Tayside Fife Archaeol J 10 (2004), 65-72
- Hall, M (1998) 'Dun Knock Wood hillfort (Dunning parish), Neolithic polished stone axehead; ?vitrified material'. Disc Exc Scot (1998), 75
- Lowe, C (1999) 'Dun Knock (Dunning parish), pre-afforestation survey'. Disc Exc Scot (1999), 70
- Poller, T (2008) 'Dun Knock Hillfort, Perth and Kinross (Dunning parish), excavation'. Disc Exc Scot, New Ser, 9 (2008), 144-145
- Poller, T (2008) Dunknock Hillfort Excavations 2008; Data Structure Report. Glasgow University SERF Project