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Inchtuthil

Perth & Kinross, Scotland · Atlas SC3042

Inchtuthil is a promontory fort in Caputh, Perth & Kinross, Scotland.

Other names on the record: Inchtuthil Plateau.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial multivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, and an enclosed area of 0.3 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on an inland promontory and at 50 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes woodland and scrub or bracken.

Dating evidence is recorded for AD 50–400 and AD 400–800 (Artefactual).

A scheduled monument number is recorded (1596).

Location

Atlas number
SC3042 (3042)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Perth & Kinross
Historic county
Perthshire
Parish, community, or townland
Caputh
National Grid reference
NO 1152 3930
Latitude
56.53740
Longitude
-3.44035
Altitude
50 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
5
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 5, SE 0, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
5
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
0.3 ha
Enclosure areas
0.14 ha, 0.3 ha
Footprint
1.1 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank, stone wall, and palisade
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system and ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
AD 50–400, AD 400–800, and undated
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Earthwork Survey (1755); 1st Identified Written Reference (1757); Earthwork Survey (1780); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1783); Other (1864); Excavation (1901); Earthwork Survey (1901); Other (1936); Other (1957); Earthwork Survey (1989); Other (1994); Ge

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1596
HER
Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust MPK3644
National record
record NO 13 NW 6; monument 28598
Wikidata
Q31097633

Sources

References

  1. Abercromby, Ross and Anderson, J, T and J (1902) 'Account of the excavation of the Roman station at Inchtuthill, Perthshire, undertaken by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1901'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 36 (1901-2), 182-242
  2. Feachem, R (1963) A guide to prehistoric Scotland. Batsford: London
  3. Morris, P (2011) 'Delvine Iron Age Fort, Perth and Kinross (Caputh parish), geophysical survey'. Disc Exc Scot, New Ser, 12 (2011), 145-146
  4. Pennant, T (1776) A Tour in Scotland; MDCCLXXII (vol 2) London
  5. RCAHMS (1994) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. South-east Perth: an archaeological landscape. HMSO: Edinburgh