Dillavaird
Palisaded Settlement (Prehistoric), Souterrain (Iron Age)
Site Name Dillavaird
Classification Palisaded Settlement (Prehistoric), Souterrain (Iron Age)
Canmore ID 31053
Site Number NO25SE 16
NGR NO 29937 50264
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/31053
- Council Angus
- Parish Airlie
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
Note (1983)
Dillavaird NO 299 502 NO25SE 16
Cropmarks reveal what is probably a palisaded homestead situated on the crest of a low hill 450m E of Dillavaird steading; it is oval, measuring about 25m by 20m internally, and there is an outer palisade trench on all sides except the SE. The entrance is on the ESE and around the N half of the interior there is a ditch set about 1.5m within the inner palisade trench.
RCAHMS 1983.
