Bochastle
Palisaded Settlement (Later Prehistoric), Ring Ditch (Later Prehistoric)
Site Name Bochastle
Classification Palisaded Settlement (Later Prehistoric), Ring Ditch (Later Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 24338
Site Number NN60NW 18
NGR NN 61066 07870
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/24338
- Council Stirling
- Parish Callander
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
This cropmark enclosure, recorded through aerial reconnaissance, is located about 150m NW of Bochastle farmhouse. It takes the form of a narrow ditched circular enclosure about 50m in diameter, which is incomplete on the S and W, with no clear sign of an entrance. There is evidence of internal pits and possibly the arc of a circle about 14m across, possibly suggesting a timber house. Other cropmarks, including a possible ring-ditch to the S and a rather amorphous ring-ditch to the SE. (See site NN60NW 19 for another enclosure to the N.)
Transcription prepared by RCAHMS (RHM, MMB) 22 February 1996.
Information from RCAHMS (RHM) 17 September 1996.
Note (1979)
Bochastle 1 NN 610 078 NN60NW
Crop-markings have revealed a circular enclosure, measuring about 50m in diameter, NW of Bochastle farmhouse. There are slight indications of what may be the site of a timber house in the centre
RCAHMS 1979
Aerial Photographic Transcription (28 November 1995 - 1 May 1996)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
Note (21 November 2022)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed and changed from SETTLEMENT (PERIOD UNASSIGNED).
