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Meckphen
Perth & Kinross, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3016
Location
- Atlas number
- SC3016 (3016)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Perth & Kinross
- Historic county
- Perthshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Methven
- National Grid reference
- NO 0056 2415
- Latitude
- 56.39916
- Longitude
- -3.61271
- Altitude
- 55 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Cropmark
- Morphology
- partial multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 3
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 3, SE 3, SW 0, NW 0
- Number of ditches
- 3
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.2 ha
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- commercial forestry and arable
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1986)
Identifiers
- HER
- Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust MPK2253
- National record
- record NO 02 SW 28; monument 26948
- Wikidata
- Q31097382
Sources