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Knockali
Pitcarmick Building (Early Medieval)
Site Name Knockali
Classification Pitcarmick Building (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 29036
Site Number NO15NE 39
NGR NO 15158 58564
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/29036
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Alyth
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Measured Survey (10 August 1987)
RCAHMS surveyed the Pitcarmick-type building at Knockali (NO 1516 5856) on 10 August 1987 with self-reducing alidade and plane-table at a scale of 1:250. The plan was redrawn in ink and published at a scale of 1:500 (RCAHMS 1990, Fig. 288.2).
Measured Survey (1987)
RCAHMS surveyed the hut-circles, field systems and Pitcarmick-type buildings at Drumturn Burn/Knockali in 1987 at a scale of 1:2500. The resultant plan was redrawn in ink and published at a scale of 1:5000 (RCAHMS 1990, Fig. 124.4C).
Field Visit (5 April 1988)
NO15NE 39 1515 5856.
Previously part of NO14NE 14
The remains of this building are situated on a near level terrace on the S flank of Knockali and measure 18.3m ESE-WNW by 7.6m in width at the W end and 4.9m in width at the E end overall. The wall comprises an outer face of boulders and slabs set on edge which is backed by a low bank of earth and small stones. The overall thickness of the wall is up to 1.5m and on the N side it is markedly bow-shaped; this contrasts with the S side where the wall is straight from the E end to the W side of the entrance where it turns out sharply and joins the W end of the building. The E end of the structure is rounded on plan and although the W end has rounded corners it has a fairly flat face. The entrance is 1.3m wide and is situated about mid-way along the S wall. The building lies within an enclosure which, like the rest of the field-system in which it lies, is undated.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 5 April 1988.
RCAHMS 1990
Field Visit (25 November 2015)
Alder Archaeology was commissioned by John Clegg & Co, Chartered Surveyors and Forestry Agents to undertake a desk-based assessment and walkover survey on the site of a proposed forestry development at Drumfork, Blacklunans, near Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross. The walkover (Alder site code (BW09) was done on 25 November 2015 in mainly dry, windy weather condition. The site had previously been surveyed by the RCAHMS in 1987-8 and only one additional site was recorded: a short stretch of drystone wall beside a rock outcrop, possibly part of a shelter.
Information from David Perry (Alder Archaeology Ltd).
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