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Stroness Hill

Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Stroness Hill

Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Buchanty Hill; Hill Of Buchanty

Canmore ID 26128

Site Number NN92NW 16

NGR NN 9265 2772

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NN92NW 16 9265 2772.

NN 928 278: On Stroness Hill at 1100' on a false crest is a cairn of water-worn boulders and earth, 10.9m x 10.98m. Tewnty-eight separate kerbstones are visible. A depression in the centre indicates a previous disturbance. To the W, at NN 924 277 on an adjacent rise, are four low cairns.

J E M Corrie 1972

NN 9265 2772: A grass-covered cairn, as described, measuring 11.0m in diameter and 0.7m high. There is a distinct outer edge best preserved in the S and E. There is a small amount of field clearance in the surrounding area.

Surveyed at 1:10,000.

Visited by OS (BS) 30 September 1975

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