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Cuiltburn

Linear Feature (Period Unknown), Palisaded Settlement (Prehistoric)(Possible), Pit(S) (Prehistoric), Ring Ditch (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Site Name Cuiltburn

Classification Linear Feature (Period Unknown), Palisaded Settlement (Prehistoric)(Possible), Pit(S) (Prehistoric), Ring Ditch (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Canmore ID 25298

Site Number NN81NE 20

NGR NN 89165 18016

NGR Description NN 8909 1792 and NN 8892 1813

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

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Aerial Photographic Transcription (5 February 1997 - 10 February 1997)

An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.

Field Visit (26 November 1997)

NN81NE 20 8909 1792 and 8892 1813

Cropmarkings on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 1978, 1986, 1989 and 1992) reveal a small penannular ring-ditch, a mass of pits (see NN81NE 64 for more pits), and what may be a palisaded enclosure on level ground to either side of a ploughed out water-course, now visible as a slight hollow in the surface of the field. The ring-ditch (NN 8909 1792) lies immediately inside the S side of the Roman Temporary Camp (NN81NE 16) and is roughly U-shaped on plan, open to the SE and measuring about 6m from NW to SE by 3m transversely. A linear cropmark, aligned approximately from ENE to WSW, lies immediately to the N of the ring-ditch and bisects the S side of the Temporary Camp to the W. There is a scatter of pits, most of which may be tree-throws, to the W of the ring-ditch.

What may be a palisaded settlement (NN 8892 1813) is visible as an arc of a narrow ditch on the terrace to the N of the old water-course. Only the N half of the enclosure has been recorded but its projected circuit measures about 30m in diameter. A further scatter of pits, most of which may be tree-throws lie along the terrace to the WSW (see also NN81NE 64)

Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 26 November 1997

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