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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 728383
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/728383
NO12SW 301.00 centred 116 212
NO12SW 301.01 1177 2137, 1165 2126 and 1155 2107 Friarton Quarry
NO12SW 301.02 centred 1136 2095 St Magdalene's Quarry
NO12SW 301.03 1172 2103, 1183 2102 and 1182 2109 quarries
Friarton Hill, which incorporates Toft Law, is a craggy mass of igneous rock on the S side of Perth. The present roadstone quarry (NO12SW 301.01)is centred on the N flank of the hill, but there is evidence for earlier activity on the S and E flanks (NO12SW 301.02 and NO12SW 301.03 respectively).
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 11 December 1996.
