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Kemp's Hold

Perth & Kinross, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3019

Location

Atlas number
SC3019 (3019)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Perth & Kinross
Historic county
Perthshire
Parish, community, or townland
Caputh
National Grid reference
NO 0671 4066
Latitude
56.54869
Longitude
-3.51902
Altitude
125 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
4
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 1, SW 1, NW 4
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.12 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and rubble
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
knoll or outcrop
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1777); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1783); Other (1864); Other (1942); Other (1974); Earthwork Survey (1989); Other (1994)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
6122
HER
Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust MPK2416
National record
record NO 04 SE 11; monument 27118
Wikidata
Q31097508

Sources