Pitcarmick
Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Pitcarmick
Classification Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 27246
Site Number NO05NE 132
NGR NO 07675 55767
NGR Description NO 0764 5581 and NO 0768 5576
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/27246
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Kirkmichael (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Field Visit (4 June 1988)
NO05NE 132 0764 5581 and 0768 5576
These two hut-circles lie to the W of a prominent stream gully below the stone dyke high up on the S side of the Pitcarmick Burn valley.
1. NO 0767 5576 The first hut-circle is set on a terrace on the N side of a low rise. It measures 9m in diameter within a stony bank 2m in thickness by 0.3m in height. There are gaps on the E and NE and several large stones lie on the NE arc of the bank. What may be a small ancillary structure, measuring 2.5m across its interior, lies immediately to the SE.
2. NO 0764 5581 The second hut-circle lies on a lower terrace 50m to the NNW. It is oval and measures 12.3m from E to W by 11m transversely within a stony bank about 2m in thickness by from 0.2m to 0.3m in height.
Visited by RCAHMS (SPH) 4 June 1988.
RCAHMS 1990
