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Hill Of Alyth
Pillow Mound(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Hill Of Alyth
Classification Pillow Mound(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 31102
Site Number NO25SW 18
NGR NO 2363 5004
NGR Description NO 2363 5004 and NO 2367 5002
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/31102
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Alyth
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Note (1990)
NO25SW 18 2363 5004 to 2367 5002.
On the S side of the Hill of Alyth there are four mounds, their date and purpose are unknown.
The northernmost is a low rectangular mound measuring 12.7m by 5m. Immediately to the W side there is a shallow rectangular depression from which the mound material appears to have been derived. The second mound overlies a cultivation ridge 50m to the SE (NO 2367 5002); it is circular, measuring 8m in diameter and 1.2m in height. The remaining two mounds are described under NO24NW 53.
RCAHMS 1990
