Keir Hill Of Gargunnock
Palisaded Settlement (Iron Age), Roundhouse (Iron Age), Settlement (Iron Age)
Site Name Keir Hill Of Gargunnock
Classification Palisaded Settlement (Iron Age), Roundhouse (Iron Age), Settlement (Iron Age)
Canmore ID 46294
Site Number NS79SW 4
NGR NS 70627 94271
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/46294
- Council Stirling
- Parish Gargunnock
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS79SW 4 7062 9426.
(NS 7062 9426) Keir Hill (NR)
OS 6" map (1958)
Generally as described and planned by the RCAHMS.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (RD) 19 September 1968
Excavation (1957)
GARGUNNOCK, STIRLINGSHIRE
NS/706943. Excavation of the site known as the Keir Hill revealed an oval-shaped Iron Age dwelling, consisting of a central hearth surrounded by eleven post-holes and an outer stone wall measuring 40 ft. by 30 ft. overall and dating from the 1st century A.D.
A MacLaren, RCAHMS
(DES 1957, 40)
Field Visit (November 1978)
Keir Hill, Gargunnock NS 706 942 NS79SW 4
Excavation has shown that the summit of this knoll was enclosed by a wall which overlay a palisade trench on the N, Wand S sides and enclosed a circular timber house.
RCAHMS 1979, visited November 1978
(Maclaren 1958; RCAHMS 1963, p. 91, no. 105)
Archaeological Evaluation (10 June 2016 - 13 June 2016)
NS 70615 94270 As part of a programme of survey and excavation of the later prehistoric sites of the Forth Valley, a small-scale evaluation of the hillfort was undertaken, 10–13 June 2016. The work aimed to confirm the presence of defenses, recover charcoal for radiocarbon dating and to review the previously recovered objects. A variety of worked stone objects were recorded.
Archive: Stirling Council
Funder: Historic Environment Scotland
Murray Cook, Therese McCormick and Ross Greenshields – Stirling Council
(Source: DES, Volume 17)
