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Plean Farm
Palisaded Settlement (Later Prehistoric)
Site Name Plean Farm
Classification Palisaded Settlement (Later Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 46884
Site Number NS88NW 25
NGR NS 83201 88373
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/46884
- Council Stirling
- Parish St Ninians
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
Note (23 November 2022)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed and changed from PALISADED ENCLOSURE (PERIOD UNASSIGNED).
Aerial Photographic Interpretation (4 August 2023)
This palisaded settlement has been recorded as cropmarking on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 1984) lying on a low ridge about 180m NE of Plean Farm. About half of what is assumed to be the full circuit of the palisade is visible as cropmarking, the projected W half having been removed by the cutting for the B9124 road. The palisade was probably oval on plan, the visible arc to the E of the road cutting enclosing an area measuring about 42m from N to S by at least 27m transversely within the narrow palisade trench. There is an entrance gap on the SE, where the palisade terminals expand slightly. What may be a roundhouse, visible as an arc of a ring-groove and two pits, is visible as rather diffuse cropmarking in the interior.
Information from HES Archaeological Survey (K. Millican), 4 August 2023
