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Drumderg
Battle Site (8th Century)
Site Name Drumderg
Classification Battle Site (8th Century)
Canmore ID 29037
Site Number NO15NE 4
NGR NO 178 550
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/29037
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Alyth
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO15NE 4 178 550.
Drumdearg (NO 178 550) - traditionally the site of a battle commenced at the group of cairns on the shoulder of Drumdearg and continued to Kingseat. Possible the battle of Drum-derg Blathmig of 12 August 729 AD in which ex-king Drust was defeated and slain by Angus MacFergus who became king of the Picts.
J Meikle 1925
No further information.
Visited by OS (DWR) 10 March 1971
Project (July 1994)
In order to carry out the Archaeological requirement of an environmental assessment at the proposed locations of three windfarms, a programme of documentary and archival research and field survey was undertaken by GUARD in July 1994. The work was commissioned by Energy Unlimited on behalf of The New World Power Company Limited. Of the three sites examined, Hart Hill (SC03), was the only one to be free of archaeological structures. The two remaining sites Drumderg (SC01) and Dulater Hill (SC04) have a number of archaeological structures in the immediate area but few in the proposed construction area. With slight modifications in layout and careful planning these should not be an obstacle to the proposed projects.
GUARD 1994
