Pitcarmick Burn
Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Pitcarmick Burn
Classification Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Hut Circle(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 27306
Site Number NO05NE 54
NGR NO 06408 56402
NGR Description From NO 062 564 to NO 064 564
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/27306
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Kirkmichael (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Field Visit (27 October 1987)
NO05NE 54 0632 5641.
The remains of a hut-circle are visible on a terrace at the E end of a group of small cairns some 40m NE of the easterly of two burial-cairns (NO05NE 25) on the S side of the Pitcarmick Burn (NO 062 564 - NO 064 564). The hut-circle (NO 0640 5640) measures about 6.7m in diameter within a wall reduced to a stony bank 1.5m in thickness by 0.2m in height internally and 0.4m in height externally. A single inner facing-stone is visible on the NE, and many of the boulders protruding from the outer edge of the bank, including an irregular line on the W and a massive slab 2m long on the S (possibly outcrop) probably belong to the outer face. The wall is probably no more than 1m thick. A gap on the ESE may mark the position of the entrance.
About forty-five cairns and several banks are scattered across the knolls to the W of the hut-circle.
Visited by RCAHMS (SPH) 27 October 1987.
RCAHMS 1990
