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Carnac, Moredun
Perth & Kinross, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3035
Location
- Atlas number
- SC3035 (3035)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Perth & Kinross
- Historic county
- Perthshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Dunbarney
- National Grid reference
- NO 1362 1999
- Latitude
- 56.36436
- Longitude
- -3.39982
- Altitude
- 223 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort and multiple enclosure
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial bivallate and partial multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 4
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 3, SE 2, SW 3, NW 4
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 1.5 ha
- Enclosure areas
- 0.15 ha, 0.65 ha, 1.5 ha
- Footprint
- 2.2 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- stone wall and rubble
- Enclosing works, excavated
- earthen bank and stone wall
- Also recorded
- annex and multi-period enclosure system
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North); Simple Gap (South)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland, scrub or bracken, and heather moorland
- Water source
- pool
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating evidence
- Other
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- round stone structures and curvilinear platforms
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1842); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1860); Earthwork Survey (1899); Earthwork Survey (1953); Other (1963); Other (1996); Other (2001); Earthwork Survey (2012); Earthwork Survey (2014); Excavation (2015)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 9440
- HER
- Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust MPK5232
- National record
- record NO 11 NW 23; monument 28025
- Wikidata
- Q31097564
Sources
References
- Christison, D (1900) 'The forts, "camps", and other field-works of Perth, Forfar and Kincardine'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 34 (1899-1900), 43-120
- Feachem, R (1963) A guide to prehistoric Scotland. Batsford: London
- Feachem, R (1955) 'Fortifications'. In Wainwright, F T (ed.) (1955) The problem of the Picts, Studies in History and Archaeology. Edinburgh
- Oxford North (2012) HILL-FORTS oF THE INNER TAY ESTUARY, PERTH, PERTH AND KINROSs: Phase One. Archaeological
- Survey Report
- NSA (1834-1845) The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy. 15v. Edinburgh
- Name Book, Ordnance Survey Object Name Books (6 inch and 1/2500 scale); available http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/
- Watson, W J (1926) The history of the Celtic place-names of Scotland: being the Rhind lectures on archaeology (expanded) delivered in 1916. Edinburgh