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Portend

Palisaded Enclosure (Prehistoric)

Site Name Portend

Classification Palisaded Enclosure (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 24066

Site Number NN50SE 7

NGR NN 57663 01182

NGR Description Centre

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/24066

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Stirling
  • Parish Port Of Menteith
  • Former Region Central
  • Former District Stirling
  • Former County Perthshire

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Field Visit (December 1979)

Portend NN 576 011 NN50SE

This crop-mark represents an arc of ditch, broken by a causeway which probably forms the E side of a circular enclosure measuring about 35m in diameter.

RCAHMS 1979, visited December 1977

Note (20 January 2023)

The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed and changed from ENCLOSURE (PERIOD UNASSIGNED).

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