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Inchtuthil

Pit Circle (Prehistoric)(Possible), Timber Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)(Possible)

Site Name Inchtuthil

Classification Pit Circle (Prehistoric)(Possible), Timber Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)(Possible)

Alternative Name(s) Inchtuthil Plateau

Canmore ID 76907

Site Number NO13NW 39

NGR NO 12414 39342

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Perth And Kinross
  • Parish Caputh
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Perth And Kinross
  • Former County Perthshire

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Aerial Photographic Interpretation (9 December 1992)

NO13NW 39 1241 3934

See also NO13NW 35.

Air photography has revealed the cropmarks of a pit-circle on the Inchtuthil plateau about 70m E of the pit-circle NO13NW 35 and 150m S of the Roman fortress NO13NW 5.00. It measures abut 6m in diameter and comprises thirteen close-set pits.

Information from RCAHMS (JRS) 9 December 1992.

Aerial Photographic Interpretation (20 December 2013)

This pit circle may represent the remains of a ceremonial timber circle.

Information from RCAHMS (KMM) 20 December 2013

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