Upper Drumbane
Rectilinear Enclosure (Period Unknown), Round Barrow (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Upper Drumbane
Classification Rectilinear Enclosure (Period Unknown), Round Barrow (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 24320
Site Number NN60NE 11
NGR NN 66444 06362
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/24320
- Council Stirling
- Parish Kilmadock
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
Aerial Photographic Transcription (21 December 1992)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
Field Visit (5 June 1992)
NN60NE 11 664 063.
The aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP, PT 12099-12100) show an oval ring-ditch at NN 6647 0636, measuring about 29m E-W by 22m overall. About 70m to the W, at NN 6640 0636, there are fragmentary traces of a possible trapezoidal enclosure, with rounded corners, measuring roughly 40m NE-SW by 25m transversely. A site visit confirmed that there are no remains visible on the ground. The ring-ditch lies on a natural terrace, with the enclosure situated on the SW-facing slope below it.
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 5 June 1992.
Watching Brief (August 2006)
NN 66491 06400 In August 2006, a watching brief was kept during the excavation of a trench to house a replacement wooden pole for an overhead power line near Upper Drumbane Farm, 3km ESE of Callander. The trench, which measured 2.3m E/W by 0.5m wide and 1.6m deep, cut through 0.3m of topsoil and underlying boulder clay. Although a ring ditch (NN60NE 11) lies only 20m S of the pole, nothing of archaeological significance was uncovered in the trench.
Sponsor: Scottish and Southern Energy.
J Lewis 2006
Note (24 March 2022)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.