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Tullymurdoch
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Tullymurdoch
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 29135
Site Number NO15SE 22
NGR NO 19838 52872
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/29135
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Alyth
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Field Visit (21 March 1974)
NO15SE 22 1984 5287.
At NO 1984 5287 is a well-preserved stone-walled circular hut measuring 13.0m in diameter between the centres of a wall spread to 3.0m. The entrance is in the SSE.
In the vicinity of the hut are nine late rectangular building footings (averaging 6.0m x 3.0m) and a contemporary enclosure.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (IMT) 21 March 1974
Field Visit (2 March 1988)
A well-preserved hut-circle is situated on the E side of a terrace which descends gently towards Tullymurdoch farmhouse some 370m to the S. It measures 9.8m in diameter within a turf-covered stony bank which measures up to 3m in thickness and up to 0.5m in height; there is a 2.1m wide entrance on the SSE. Some 30m to the NW at NO 1981 5290 there is the S-SE arc of what may be the remains of a second hut-circle which has been destroyed on the W by a later trackway. The arc of bank measures up to 3m in thickness.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 2 March 1988.
RCAHMS 1990
