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Beins Law

Perth & Kinross, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3036

Location

Atlas number
SC3036 (3036)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Perth & Kinross
Historic county
Perthshire
Parish, community, or townland
Abernethy
National Grid reference
NO 1849 1233
Latitude
56.29643
Longitude
-3.31864
Altitude
268 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Likely destroyed
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.34 ha
Footprint
0.79 ha

Landscape

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

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1840); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1864); Other (1965)

Identifiers

HER
Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust MPK3222
National record
record NO 11 SE 9; monument 28086
Wikidata
Q31097481

Sources

References

  1. Leighton, J M (1840) History of the county of Fife from the earliest period to the present time. 3v. Glasgow
  2. Name Book, Ordnance Survey Object Name Books (6 inch and 1/2500 scale); available http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/