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Burnfoot Hill

Sheep Shelter (Post Medieval)

Site Name Burnfoot Hill

Classification Sheep Shelter (Post Medieval)

Canmore ID 112059

Site Number NN90SW 10

NGR NN 9069 0409

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Perth And Kinross
  • Parish Tillicoultry (Perth And Kinross)
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Perth And Kinross
  • Former County Clackmannanshire

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Field Visit (19 March 1998)

This cruciform stone-walled sheep shelter is situated on the NE flank of Burnfoot Hill. Traces of wing-walls extend from the NW and SE arms, overlying a circular enclosure visible as a low bank linking the terminals of the walls.

Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 19 March 1998

Note

NN90SW 10 9069 0409

A sheep shelter, which is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire 1866, sheet cxxvii), is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1977).

Information from RCAHMS (PM) 16 August 1996

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