Law Hill, Arnbathie

Location

Atlas number

SC3037 (3037)

Country

Scotland

Current county or unitary authority

Perth & Kinross

Historic county

Perthshire

Parish, community, or townland

Kilspindie

National Grid reference

NO 1703 2589

Latitude

56.41800

Longitude

-3.34649

Altitude

213 m

Form and condition

Type

contour fort

Condition

Extant

Morphology

partial bivallate and partial multivallate

Complete rampart circuit

Yes

Number of ramparts

6

Ramparts by quadrant

NE 2, SE 2, SW 3, NW 6

Possible original entrances

4

Breaks through the ramparts

4

Enclosed area

1 ha

Footprint

2 ha

Enclosing works, as visible

stone wall

Also recorded

chevaux de frise, annex, and multi-period enclosure system

Entrance forms

Simple Gap (North); Oblique (North); Simple Gap (East); Oblique (East); Simple Gap (South); Oblique (South); Over-lapping (West); Oblique (West)

Landscape

Topographic position

hilltop

Aspect

level

Land use

pasture and heather moorland

Water source

pool

Dating

Dating

undated

Dating reliability

D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations

1st Identified Written Reference (1929); Other (1956); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1963); Earthwork Survey (1971); Other (1989); Earthwork Survey (1991); Other (1994); Other (1998); Earthwork Survey (2012)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number

3089

HER

Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust MPK3251

National record

record NO 12 NE 2; monument 28116

Wikidata

Q31097576

Sources

• Atlas of Hillforts record
• Wikidata
• Canmore
• Historic Environment Scotland designation

References

1. Oxford North 2012 Hill-Forts of the Inner Tay Estuary, Perth, Perth and Kinross: Phase Two, Archaeological
2. Survey Report
3. RCAHMS (1994) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. South-east Perth: an archaeological landscape. HMSO: Edinburgh
4. Watson, R R B (1929) 'Fortification or hillfort at Arnbathie'. Trans Proc Perthshire Soc Natur Sci 8 (1929), 270-2