Bishop's Hill
Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Mound (Period Unassigned), Platform (Period Unassigned), Track (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bishop's Hill
Classification Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Mound (Period Unassigned), Platform (Period Unassigned), Track (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 300464
Site Number NO04SW 235
NGR NO 0221 4253
NGR Description NO 0221 4253 and NO 4255
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/300464
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Dunkeld And Dowally
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Field Visit (2008)
NO 0221 4253 The summit of Bishop’s Hill is trapezoidal, 40m SW/NE by 27m at its widest, but this has been reduced by terraced tracks below the summit. A slightly sunken track, which crosses the summit SW/NE, is blocked by mature trees. This dissects several rectangular foundations at the SW end, the main one 17 x 6m, the second at 5m parallel is also 6m broad. The NE edge is an artificial scarp which the track crosses on a later causeway. Off-centre within the summit is a low oval mound 12 x 6m. In 1595 and 1616 there are
references to ‘lie muthill’ here (RCAHMS accession 2008/47 and manuscript MS/5169), and it could indicate the castle erected near the Bishop’s Palace in 1408 (New Statistical Account).
Archive: RCAHMS – 2008/105, MS 5248
Dr T C Welsh, 2008
Field Visit (2008)
NO 0226 4255 This projects E from base of Bishop’s Hill, below the level of a terraced track there, top 10m E/W by 20m, 2m high. A track has cut across the NE corner, leaving the corner isolated 3m E/W by 2m. This may be the site of the 2-storey ruin close to the base of Bishop’s Hill shown on Slezer’s Prospect of Dunkeld 1693.
Archive: RCAHMS – 2008/105, MS 5250
Dr T C Welsh, 2008
