Westerton
Drain(S) (Period Unassigned), Pit Enclosure (Prehistoric)
Site Name Westerton
Classification Drain(S) (Period Unassigned), Pit Enclosure (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 72249
Site Number NN91SE 36
NGR NN 98214 14446
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/72249
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Auchterarder
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN91SE 36 98214 14446
Aerial photography has recorded the cropmarks of a rectangular pit-defined enclosure 440m E of Westerton farmsteading. It measures approximately 22m by 10m, and consists of two parallel alignments of 5 pits each, and one centrally placed pit at each end. A circular marking obscures one of the pits on the S side. Similar cropmark sites have been interpretated as Neolithic ritual enclosures, such as Littleour (NO14SE 59), or mortuary enclosures, such as Upper Gothens (NO14SE 85). A further possible pit-enclosure has been recorded 460m to the NNW, and the site of a barrow 150m to the NE (NN91SE 9).
Information from RCAHMS (KB) 17 May 1999
Aerial Photographic Transcription (18 November 2002 - 21 July 2004)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
