Bennybeg
Cropmark (Period Unknown), Pit Alignment (Prehistoric), Pit Defined Cursus (Neolithic)
Site Name Bennybeg
Classification Cropmark (Period Unknown), Pit Alignment (Prehistoric), Pit Defined Cursus (Neolithic)
Alternative Name(s) Findal Cottages
Canmore ID 25324
Site Number NN81NE 44
NGR NN 86550 19030
NGR Description NN 8653 1897 to NN 8656 1910
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/25324
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Muthill
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN81NE 44 8653 1897 to 8656 1910.
Cropmarks have revealed a pit-enclosure and pit-alignments lying approximately 250m to the SW of Findal Cottages. The pit-enclosure consists of two lines of pits (about 30-35m apart) running NNE - SSW for a distance of approximately 110m. The pits converge slightly at the SSW end and unite in a squared terminal. The NNE end also terminates in a squared traverse but has two 'horns' protruding out, the W 'horn' continuing the line of pits for a further 20m to the NNE and the E 'horn' veering off for 25m to the NE. There are pit-alignments nearby and a pit-circle (NN81NE 45).
Information from RCAHMS (RHM) 12 April 1994.
Scheduled as Findal Cottages, pit-enclosure and pit-circle 250m SW of.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 3 July 2000.
Aerial Photographic Transcription (16 February 1994)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
Field Visit (25 November 1997)
NN81NE 44 8653 1897 to 8656 1910.
Cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 1986; CUCAP no date) have revealed a pit-defined cursus lying across the crest of a low, flat-topped ridge to the ENE of Bennybeg Craig. The cursus (EARNAP 77) comprises a subrectangular enclosure, measuring about 110m from NNE to SSW by about 35m across. Two 'horns' extend from the northern corners, each measuring about 22m in length and set at a slight angle to the rest of the monument. Set centrally outside the SSW end of the cursus there is a large pit. To the E of the cursus there is an alignment of at least six pits aligned from NW to SE. To the NW of the cursus there is an oval macula of unknown function (EARNAP 78). A pit-circle lying along the ridge to the E of the cursus is described elsewhere (NN 81NE 45).
(EARNAP 77, 78)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 25 November 1997
Aerial Photographic Transcription (29 March 2019)
An interpretative transcription, or mapping, of information on oblique aerial photographs was produced on 29 March 2019.
