Middleton
Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Middleton
Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 26352
Site Number NN95SW 10
NGR NN 9078 5417
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/26352
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Logierait
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN95SW 10 9078 5417
(NN 9078 5417) (Information from F T Wainwright to OS, undated.) The remains of a circular fort, known as the "Black Castle of Tullypowrie" are situated on the farm of Middleton of Tullypowrie, at the foot of a cultivated field. The site was found to be excessively overgrown which prohibited measurement, but it was considered to be larger than the similar fort at Pitcastle (NN95SW 9).
W J Watson 1913.
The remains of a homestead (c/f NN44SE 7), situated on a gentle SE-facing slope. The wall has been pillaged and field clearance piled around it, but sufficient blocks of the outer face can be seen to give overall measurements of 18.5m NW-SE x 18.0m. No true wall thickness could be ascertained and the entrance is not evident. The name is no longer known.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (S F S), 25 February 1975.
Field Visit (16 August 1942)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Emergency Survey (1942-3), an unpublished rescue project. Site descriptions, organised by county, vary from short notes to lengthy and full descriptions and are available to view online with contemporary sketches and photographs. The original typescripts, manuscripts, notebooks and photographs can also be consulted in the RCAHMS Search Room.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 10 December 2014.
Field Visit (29 May 1957)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Marginal Land Survey (1950-1962), an unpublished rescue project. Site descriptions, organised by county, are available to view online - see the searchable PDF in 'Digital Items'. These vary from short notes, to lengthy and full descriptions. Contemporary plane-table surveys and inked drawings, where available, can be viewed online in most cases - see 'Digital Images'. The original typecripts, notebooks and drawings can also be viewed in the RCAHMS search room.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 19 July 2013.
