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Market Knowe
Cairn (Period Unknown)
Site Name Market Knowe
Classification Cairn (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 32008
Site Number NO33SW 19
NGR NO 3122 3058
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/32008
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Longforgan (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Perthshire
NO33SW 19 3122 3058.
(NO 3122 3058) Market Knowe (Tumulus) (NR)
OS 6" map, Perthshire, 2nd ed., (1902)
The Statistical Account (ONB 1861) describes this as a tumulus which is situated on a slight elevation called Market Knowe, formerly used as a market for the village, and says that it is generally known as a 'Roman Camp'. It also records the discovery of stone coffins containing skeletons many years ago.
Name Book 1861.
Crawford thought it was possibly a castle-mound or a bell-barrow.
OS 6" map, annotated by O G S Crawford, 21 October 1939.
Situated on the N crest of Market Knowe, just within the S edge of Huntly Wood, there is a circular, stony mound,averaging 30m. in diameter and about 2m in height, surrounded by a broad ditch, varying from 2 - 4m in width, and an outer bank.
The central mound has been extensively robbed leaving a slight rim around the edge, and appears to be separated from the ditch by a berm, best preserved on the N. The ditch and outer bank have been extensively mutilated on the SE.
There seems little doubt that this is a Wessex-type bell-cairn. Known locally as 'Roman Knowe'.
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R D L) 16 June 1964.
Measured Survey (October 2017)
NO 3122 3058 (NO33SW 19) In October 2017 Archaeology Scotland’s Adopt-a-Monument scheme supported the Abertay Historical Society Fieldwork Division to produce a topographical survey of Market Knowe Cairn. The group were keen to see if a topographical survey could help provide further information on the nature of the cairn, the typology of which is disputed locally. Adopt-a-Monument delivered a two-day training workshop on site survey and a topographical survey of the monument was produced using a dumpy level. The survey did not produce any further information on the typology of the monument and the group is exploring funding opportunities to support a geophysical survey.
Archive: NRHE (intended)
Funder: Archaeology Scotland’s Adopt-a-Monument scheme (Funded by Historic Environment Scotland)
Cara Jones – Archaeology Scotland and Abertay Historical Society Fieldwork Division
(Source: DES, Volume 18)
