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Coul Burn

Cultivation Remains (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Coul Burn

Classification Cultivation Remains (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Coulshill

Canmore ID 25900

Site Number NN90NE 5

NGR NN 982 090

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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

Archaeology Notes

NN90NE 5 982 090

Scheduled as 'Coulshill, hut circle and enclosure... both visible as turf-covered banks... in moorland on the E [NE] bank of the Coul Burn, at around 250m OD'.

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 11 December 2002.

Activities

Project (1 May 2016 - 12 May 2017)

Archaeological features were identified and mapped from airborne remote sensing sources, such as lidar, historic vertical aerial photographs, and 25cm orthophotographs.

Information from HES (OA) 12 May 2017

Watching Brief (1 June 2022 - 30 January 2023)

NO 00153 08739 An archaeological watching brief was carried out at Coulshill near Dunning across a proposed tree plantation area close to where there are two known Scheduled Monuments: St John’s Hill enclosure (NO00NW 2) and Coulshill hut circle and enclosure (NN90NE 5). The watching brief monitored all ground breaking works where earthworks and dykes needed to be breached as part of construction. A total of 27 dykes or field boundaries made of redeposited topsoil and turf were excavated measuring 680 m². No significant archaeological features or finds were identified during the watching brief.

Information from GUARD Archaeology Ltd.

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