Caputh
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Caputh
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Forehill
Canmore ID 27123
Site Number NO04SE 16
NGR NO 09542 40334
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/27123
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Caputh
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Field Visit (24 April 1974)
NO04SE 16 0953 4033
At NO 0953 4032, on the brink of an old river terrace, is a cairn reduced to a tree-grown platform c. 25.0m in diameter and 1.0m high.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (AA) 24 April 1974
Field Visit (3 April 1989)
The remains of this grass-grown cairn are situated on the edge of a river terrace some 300m S of Forehill steading and measure 24.5m from E-W by 23m in diameter and 0.6m in height. The edge of the turf-covered mound is well-defined but the centre has been disturbed.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 3 April 1989.
