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Ring Ditch (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Mains Of Huntingtower

Classification Ring Ditch (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Huntingtower Cropmark Complex

Canmore ID 26801

Site Number NO02NE 86

NGR NO 07967 25112

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/26801

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Area 2, Looking N Across Scheduled Area Towards Farm Buildings, from watching brief at The Gymnasium, Huntingtower
Area 2, Looking N Across Scheduled Area Towards Farm Buildings, from watching brief at The Gymnasium, HuntingtowerArea 1: View Along Trench, Post-Excavation, from watching brief at The Gymnasium, HuntingtowerArea 1: Site of Septic Tank, Post-Excavation, General View, from watching brief at The Gymnasium, HuntingtowerArea 2, Middle Section: General View, Post- Excavation, from watching brief at The Gymnasium, HuntingtowerArea 2: Post Excavation View, Scheduled Area, from watching brief at The Gymnasium, HuntingtowerOblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the enclosure, pits, ring-ditch, pit-alignment and Roman Road, taken from the ENE.Area 1, Farmyard: Pre-excavation View, from watching brief at The Gymnasium, HuntingtowerArea 2, S End: General View, Post-Excavation, from watching brief at The Gymnasium, HuntingtowerArea 2: In Situ Layer of Crushed Slate (104), from watching brief at The Gymnasium, HuntingtowerOblique aerial view.Area 1, Farmyard: Pre-excavation View, from watching brief at The Gymnasium, HuntingtowerArea 2: Topsoil Stripped Over Scheduled Area, from watching brief at The Gymnasium, HuntingtowerArea 2: Site of Soakaway, With Topsoil Stripped, from watching brief at The Gymnasium, HuntingtowerOblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the enclosure, pits, ring-ditch, pit-alignment and Roman Road, taken from the SSW.Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the enclosure, pits, ring-ditch, pit-alignment and Roman Road, taken from the ESE.Area 2: View Across Scheduled Area, Pre-Excavation, from watching brief at The Gymnasium, HuntingtowerArea 2: In Situ Layer of Crushed Slate (104), from watching brief at The Gymnasium, HuntingtowerArea 2: Extension to Soakaway, S End, from watching brief at The Gymnasium, HuntingtowerArea 1: Site of Septic Tank, Extension Dug to S, from watching brief at The Gymnasium, HuntingtowerArea 2: Topsoil Stripped Over Scheduled Area, from watching brief at The Gymnasium, HuntingtowerOblique aerial viewOblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the enclosure, pits, ring-ditch, pit-alignment and Roman Road, taken from the SSE.Area 1: Sample Section, SSE Facing, from watching brief at The Gymnasium, HuntingtowerArea 1: Site of Septic Tank, Post Excavation, N-Facing Section, from watching brief at The Gymnasium, HuntingtowerArea 2: Site of Soakaway, Topsoil Stripped, from watching brief at The Gymnasium, HuntingtowerOblique aerial view.Area 2: Excavation of Soakaway Completed, from watching brief at The Gymnasium, HuntingtowerMains Of Huntingtower, NO02NE 86, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NO02NE 86 0792 2509

For other elements of the Mains of Huntingtower cropmark complex, see NO02NE 39, NO02NE 87, NO02NE 100, NO02NE 151, NO02SE 27, NO02SE 49, NO02SE 66 and NO02SE 67.

APs show a possible small ring ditch situated to the north of the Roman Road and adjacent to a linear feature (NO02NE 60).

(Undated) information in NMRS.

Scheduled as [part of] 'Mains of Huntingtower, henges, enclosures, pits and road WSW of... the remains of a neolithic henge, two prehistoric enclosures, five prehistoric roundhouses, dispersed groups of pits and a broadly-parallel alignment of pits representing a Roman road [surviving] as a complex group of buried archaeological features... on a river terrace in cultivated land to the north-west of Perth, 1km south of the River Almond and at 35m above sea level.'

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 25 November 2008.

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Activities

Aerial Photography (1967)

Oblique aerial photographs by John Dewar in 1967.

Further Details

Watching Brief (6 July 2010)

NO 0810 2510 A watching brief and metal detector survey

were undertaken on 6 July 2010 during groundbreaking

works associated with the installation of a septic tank and

related features (including tailrace and soakaway). Part

of these works crossed the eastern end of a scheduled

monument (AMH 3630 – Mains of Huntingtower, henge,

enclosure pits and road WSW of), but no features or deposits

of archaeological significance were recorded.

Archive: RCAHMS. Report: Historic Scotland and Perth and Kinross

Heritage Trust

Funder: Mr J Ritchie

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