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Strone
Agricultural Landscape (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Strone
Classification Agricultural Landscape (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 25901
Site Number NN90NE 6
NGR NN 975 090
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/25901
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Auchterarder
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
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.
Note (5 December 2023)
Title: Interdisciplinary approaches to a connected landscape: upland survey in the Northern Ochils.
Authors: Michael Given, Oscar Aldred, Kevin Grant, Peter McNiven and Tessa Poller
Journal: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 148, pages 83-111
Publisher: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh
Publication date: 2019
From: MCE 2023. This project was reviewed as part of the Grant-Aided Project Review (GAPR). Publication was completed in 2019. Open Access publication with the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Publication grant-aided by HES
