Upper Glendevon Reservoir
Enclosure(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Farmstead (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Peat Cutting (Post Medieval), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Sheepfold (Post Medieval)(Possible), Sheepfold (Post Medieval), Track(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Upper Glendevon Reservoir
Classification Enclosure(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Farmstead (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Peat Cutting (Post Medieval), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Sheepfold (Post Medieval)(Possible), Sheepfold (Post Medieval), Track(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 112046
Site Number NN90SW 6
NGR NN 9050 0468
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/112046
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Blackford
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN90SW 6 9050 0468
A circular sheepfold, which is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire 1866, sheet cxxvii), now lies beneath Upper Glendevon Reservoir.
Information from RCAHMS (PM), 16 August 1996.
Vertical aerial photography (RAF 106G/SCOT UK 120 Frame no.3258, 20 June 1946) has revealed an extensive suite of remains along the N bank of the River Devon in an area now swamped by the Upper Glendevon reservoir. These include a farmstead, comprising two buildings an enclosure (NN 9077 0458), what may be a sheepfold or bucht (NN 9076 0453), and extensive swathes of rig characterised by shallow furrows set about 4m apart. Field-banks in the area are disrupted by the rig, but there is also one complete enclosure, the interior of which has been ridged. The northern part of this enclosure can be seen on the hillside above the reservoir (NN 9067 0465), where hollow trackways can be seen on the photographs running along the slope, and there are also extensive peat-cuttings on a broad, boggy terrace (NN 9070 0492).
A circular stone-walled sheepfold (NN 9050 0468), depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire and Clackmannanshire 1866, sheet cxxvii), has been subsumed by the reservoir. The aerial photographs show that it overlies some of the rig and a field-bank.
Information from RCAHMS (DCC), 25 March 2002.
The circular stone-walled sheepfold (NN 9050 0468) and enclosure (NN 9077 0458) has been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2003), during low water levels in the Upper Glendevon Reservoir. The rig and field banks underlying the sheepfold are no longer visible.
Information from (ALD), 24 May 2004.
Measured Survey (8 October 2003)
A GPS survey of the archaeology within the area of the Upper Glendevon Reservoir was undertaken by RCAHMS on 8th October 2003. Water levels in the reservoir had fallen substantially over the summer and autumn leaving the sites exposed.
