Belhie
Cropmark(S) (Period Unknown), Henge (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Beaker (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Belhie
Classification Cropmark(S) (Period Unknown), Henge (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Beaker (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Loanhead
Canmore ID 25964
Site Number NN91NE 18
NGR NN 9774 1610
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/25964
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Auchterarder
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN91NE 18 9774 1610
Air photographs show a penannular enclosure, c.5m in diameter within a ditch c.1-2m in width, entrance c.2m wide in ESE. Ditch appears to thin in the SW sector towards the SE terminal. No trace of a bank. A number of linear and pit-like marks and two segments of possible pit circles may be seen in the vicinity.
A F Harding and G E Lee 1987.
Excavation prior to pan-busting showed this to be a mini-henge; beaker sherds were found in an external pit.
I Ralston 1988.
This Class I henge is plotted on a distribution map of henge monuments, ring-cairns, pit-circles and recumbent stone circles covering central and eastern Scotland (RCAHMS 1994, 39, fig. A).
Information from RCAHMS (ARG) 17 October 1997.
