Archaeology Notes

Event ID 686248

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO24SW 2 2264 4231.

(NO 2264 4231). Supposed Site of several Weems (NAT)

OS 6" map, Perthshire, 2nd ed. (1901)

At least two, and probably more, souterrains were discovered c.1771-2 in fields lying between Mudhall and Coupar-Grange House. Playfair mentions 'several' in the original account of the discovery, were c.6' wide within walls, 5' deep and 40+' long. The sides were built in, and paved with rough stones. They were not straight, but built in part of a circle.

OSA 1797

According to Barty, no trace of them remained in 1843, but a recent visit by Wainwright confirms both the accuracy of Playfiar's identification, and the location given by OS.

NSA 1845 (J S Barty); F T Wainwright 1963

A souterrain described by Pennant as 'near Coupargrange' is considered by Wainwright to be the same as that described by Playfair, above.

T Pennant 1776