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Enclosure (Prehistoric), Pit(S) (Period Unknown)

Site Name Links

Classification Enclosure (Prehistoric), Pit(S) (Period Unknown)

Canmore ID 28522

Site Number NO13NE 54

NGR NO 1793 3851

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/28522

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

Archaeology Notes (1 February 1999)

NO13NE 54 1793 3851.

The monument comprises an enclosure of prehistoric date, visible as a series of cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs. It lies in arable farmland at around 50m OD. It comprises an oval ditched enclosure, measuring about 16m ENE-WSW by 8m internally, within a ditch up to 3m broad. There are traces of an outer concentric ditch on the S and N. The monument appears to represent a small enclosed settlement of later prehistoric date.

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 1 February 1999

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Aerial Photographic Transcription (17 January 1989)

An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.

Aerial Photographic Interpretation (8 December 1992)

Air photography has recorded the cropmarks of an oval enclosure 300m E of Links steading. It measures 16m by 8m within a mark up to 1.5m broad, and there are also traces of a roughly-concentric outer perimeter.

Information from RCAHMS (JRS) 8 December 1992.

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