Drumderrach
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Drumderrach
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 31085
Site Number NO25SE 42
NGR NO 2797 5076
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/31085
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Alyth
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Field Visit (13 October 1987)
NO25SE 42 2797 5076.
What appears to be the remains of a burnt mound are situated on the SE side of a boggy hollow on the S side of Drumderrach, and 100m NNW of the standing stone, NO25SE 22. The turf-covered mound measures 12.3m N-S by 11.2m and about 0.5m in height; across the centre of the mound, from E to W, there is a shallow hollow (measuring about 3.9m in width and 0.2m in depth) which is edged on its N side (and possibly also on its S side) with a line of small boulders.
An exposure of core material on the S side displays a mass of small, blackened fragments of rock which contrasts with the rounded pebbles in a natural exposure a few metres from the E side.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 13 October 1987.
RCAHMS 1990
