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Dummiefarline

Perth & Kinross, Scotland ยท Atlas SC3202

Location

Atlas number
SC3202 (3202)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Perth & Kinross
Historic county
Kinross-shire
Parish, community, or townland
Cleish
National Grid reference
NT 0887 9682
Latitude
56.15538
Longitude
-3.46864
Altitude
305 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 1, SW 0, NW 1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.1 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
knoll or outcrop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and heather moorland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1854); Other (1927); Earthwork Survey (1952); Other (1974); Other (1991)

Identifiers

HER
Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust MPK5646
National record
record NT 09 NE 1; monument 49618
Wikidata
Q31097645

Sources

References

  1. Feachem, R W (1963) A guide to prehistoric Scotland. Batsford: London
  2. RCAHMS. (1933) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Eleventh report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the counties of Fife, Kinross, and Clackmannan. HMSO: Edinburgh