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Pitmackie

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Farmstead (Period Unassigned)(Possible)

Site Name Pitmackie

Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)(Possible)

Canmore ID 113498

Site Number NN84SW 11

NGR NN 8195 4032

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Leachan and Pitmackie, oblique aerial view, taken from the S, centred on the remains of two farmsteads. A third farmstead is visible in the bottom centre of the photograph.
Leachan and Pitmackie, oblique aerial view, taken from the S, centred on the remains of two farmsteads. A third farmstead is visible in the bottom centre of the photograph.Leachan, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSW, centred on the remains of a farmstead, and field-banks and cultivation remains. Footings of a second farmstead are visible in the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph.Walkover survey photographs, Pitmackie Hydro-Electric Scheme Glen Quoich, PerthshireGlen Quaich, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSE, general view.Walkover survey, Site 1, viewed from the W, Pitmackie Hydro-Electric Scheme, Glen Quoich, PerthshireFiled in archaeology box fileOblique aerial view.Pitmackie, oblique aerial view, taken from the NNE, centred on the remains of a possible farmstead. Remains of a further three farmsteads are visible in the left half of the photograph.Leachan and Pitmackie, oblique aerial view, taken from the ESE, centred on the remains of a farmstead, and field-banks and cultivation remains. Footings of a further three farmsteads are visible in the top half of the photograph.Pitmackie, oblique aerial view, taken from the N, centred on the remains of a possible farmstead.Pitmackie and Leachan, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSE, showing the remains of five farmsteads across the photograph.Glen Quaich, oblique aerial view, taken from the SE, general view.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Perth And Kinross
  • Parish Dull
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Perth And Kinross
  • Former County Perthshire

Archaeology Notes

NN84SW 11 NN 8195 4032

This ruined farmstead, recorded through aerial reonnaissance in 1994, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire 1867, sheet lx) as two unroofed buildings and one enclosure. The farmstead is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1976).

Information from RCAHMS (AD) 6 February 1997 and (AKK) 29 October 1997.

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Field Visit (24 May 2013)

NN 8056 4008 – NN 8190 4033, NN 8122 4100 – NN 8149 4049 Walkover surveys were undertaken on 24 May 2013 along the proposed routes of two hydro-electric schemes at Pitmackie, Glen Quaich. A desk-based assessment had identified the remains of several farmsteads (NN84SW 11, NN84SW 12, NN84SW 13, NN84SW 14, NN84SW 23, NN84SW 24) along these routes. However, two further settlements were encountered during the walkover survey. The scant remains of a probable farmstead consisting of two, or possibly three, buildings was identified on the N bank of the River Quaich at NN 81615 40334. Close to an unnamed burn that feeds into the river, at NN 81229 40864, stand the surviving courses of what was probably a shieling hut.

Archive and report: PKHT and RCAHMS

Funder: Green Highland Renewables

John Lewis, Scotia Archaeology, 2013

(Source: DES)

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