Pitnacree
Barrow (Prehistoric), Unidentified Pottery (Neolithic)
Site Name Pitnacree
Classification Barrow (Prehistoric), Unidentified Pottery (Neolithic)
Alternative Name(s) Pitnacree House Policies
Canmore ID 26384
Site Number NN95SW 6
NGR NN 9287 5337
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/26384
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Logierait
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN95SW 6 9287 5337
(NN 9287 5337) Standing Stone (NAT)
OS 6" map, Perthshire, 2nd ed., (1902)
A Neolithic round barrow excavated in 1964 at Pitnacree. A mound 90' in maximum diameter and 9' high, the only visible features being a small standing stone projecting 3' from the centre, and a large recumbent slab 14' SW of the standing stone.
The barrow was found to have been built of turf and stone over a penannular ring-cairn and was bounded by a dry-stone kerb. Inside the cairn, a dry-stone (blocked) entrance led into a stone rectangular enclosure, built over four cremations carbon dated to c. 2860 BC (information from lecture notes from a paper given by D D A Simpson to Soc Antiq Scot, 11 October 1965) and two ramped stone or post holes. Neolithic pottery was recovered from the old land surface beneath the barrow and a cremation, carbon dated to c. 2270 BC (information from lecture notes from a paper given by D D A Simpson to Soc Antiq Scot, 11 October 1965) from under the standing stone on top of the mound.
J M Coles and D D A Simpson 1964; J M Coles and D D A Simpson 1965.
Finds from the excavation were donated to the NMAS by C B Sheriff, Ballinluig.
NMAS 1967.
This barrow still supports several large conifers. The perimeter has been confused by ploughing and the mound now measures 27.5m N-S by 23.5m and is 2.0m high. The standing stone survives in the centre, but no other constructional stones are visible.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 18 March 1975.
