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Mains of Hallyburton

Perth & Kinross, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3050

Location

Atlas number
SC3050 (3050)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Perth & Kinross
Historic county
Angus
Parish, community, or townland
Kettins
National Grid reference
NO 2446 3914
Latitude
56.53828
Longitude
-3.22991
Altitude
70 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Cropmark
Morphology
partial univallate and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 0, SW 1, NW 3
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.25 ha
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North west)

Landscape

Topographic position
knoll or outcrop
Aspect
level
Land use
arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1971); Earthwork Survey (1990); Other (1992)

Identifiers

HER
Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust MPK4774
National record
record NO 23 NW 43; monument 30591
Wikidata
Q31097589

Sources

References

  1. RCAHMS (1994) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. South-east Perth: an archaeological landscape. HMSO: Edinburgh