Methven Wood
Palisaded Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Methven Wood
Classification Palisaded Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Almondbank
Canmore ID 26752
Site Number NO02NE 41
NGR NO 0570 2595
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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SC 1899227
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench, looking from entrance.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899237
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench, looking towards entrance.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899269
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench. Looking towards N end from SW.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899274
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench mid-section looking NW.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899282
Excavation photograph. N side of entrance showing expanded terminal of Feature 1.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899206
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench, looking towards entrance.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899207
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench, mid-section.
General Collection
1979
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SC 1899211
Excavation photograph. View of entrance post-holes and gap from the interior.
General Collection
1979
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SC 1899260
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Section N of entrance looking W.
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1979
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SC 1899264
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Looking towards entrance.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899268
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench. Looking towards N end from SW.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899273
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench section N of entrance.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899284
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. N side of entrance from N.
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1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899290
Excavation photograph. Plant removing topsoil within area of site.
General Collection
1979
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SC 1899293
Excavation photograph. Area of gravel trowelled on W side of site which produced no features.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899295
Excavation photograph. Plant removing topsoil within area of site.
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1979
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SC 1899296
Excavation photograph. Plant removing topsoil within area of site.
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1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899297
Excavation photograph. Feature 1 unexcavated.
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1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1956130
Excavation photograph. General view of site from SSW.
General Collection
1979
SC 1899205
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench, looking from entrance.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899226
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench, immediately N of entrance.
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1979
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SC 1899261
Excavation photograph. Features 1 & 2 entrance.
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1979
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SC 1899275
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench mid-section looking NW.
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1979
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SC 1899276
Excavation photograph. Features 11 & 12. Surface indentations.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899289
Excavation photograph. Features 5 & 6 (unexcavated).
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899292
Excavation photograph. Area of gravel trowelled on W side of site which produced no features.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899294
Excavation photograph. Area of gravel trowelled on W side of site which produced no features.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899225
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench, looking towards entrance.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899236
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Entrance structure from interior.
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1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899239
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Entrance structure from interior.
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1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899258
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench looking towards entrance.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899265
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench extreme N end.
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1979
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SC 1899266
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. N end lloking SE.
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1979
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SC 1899271
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench mid-section looking SE.
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1979
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SC 1899279
Excavation photograph. Hymac on quarry face.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899210
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Terminal point of palisade trench on N side of entrance.
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1979
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SC 1899238
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench, looking from entrance.
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1979
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SC 1899254
Excavation photograph. Feature 1 Palisade trench looking towards N end from SW.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899256
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. View of palisade trench and entrance from NE.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899257
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. View of palisade trench and entrance from NE.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899259
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench looking towards entrance.
General Collection
1979
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SC 1899267
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. N end looking SE.
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1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899278
Excavation photograph. View towards entrance from interior.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899286
Excavation photograph. Plant removing topsoil within area of site.
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1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899291
Excavation photograph. Plant removing topsoil within area of site.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899202
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench, looking towards entrance from beyond extent of surviving trench.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899272
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench mid-section looking SE.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899204
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench, looking from entrance.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899209
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench, looking from entrance.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899219
Excavation photograph. View of entrance post-holes and gap from the interior
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899220
Excavation photograph. View of entrance post-holes and gap from the interior
General Collection
1979
© 40+ Fishing Boat Association
SC 1899228
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench, mid-section.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899252
Excavation photograph. Features 11 & 12, partly spoiled.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899255
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench looking towards N end from SW
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1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899262
Excavation photograph. Features 1. N end of palisade trench.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899270
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench from N end.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899277
Excavation photograph. Features 11 & 12. Surface indentations.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899283
Excavation photograph. Entrance of enclosure from NE.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899285
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench mid-section looking towards entrance.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899203
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench, looking towards entrance.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899208
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Palisade trench, detail immediately N of entrance.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899263
Excavation photograph. Feature 1. Looking towards entrance.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1899280
Excavation photograph. Hymac on quarry face.
General Collection
1979
© RCAHMS
SC 1956131
Excavation photograph. General view of site from SSW.
General Collection
1979
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Methven
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO02NE 41 0570 2595
In December 1979 the stripping of topsoil at the Forestry Commission gravel quarry in Methven Wood revealed a length of palisade trench which was subsequently excavated. A two-phase entrance structure was noted and the only find was a sherd of coarse ware pottery, now in Perth Museum, together with a copy of the archive (Accession no: 1983.548; 1983-549). A C14 assessment for carbon samples from the trench is forthcoming.
A G Reid 1984; J Sherriff 1980.
