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Gallow Hill
Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Site Name Gallow Hill
Classification Broch (Iron Age)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Argaty
Canmore ID 78147
Site Number NN70SW 58
NGR NN 7458 0374
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/78147
- Council Stirling
- Parish Dunblane And Lecropt
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NN70SW 58 7458 0374
A roughly circular structure, average internal diameter 11.3m, external diameter 17.4m with an overgrown stoney wall approximately 0.5m high stands on a promontory of hogh ground, Gallow Hill, overlooking the valley to the N, W and S. Revealed by clearance of surrounding conifer plantation. Beech trees of considerable age grow around the perimeter.
R Page, C Page and L Main 1990.
Project (13 August 1990)
Survey of cleared area within the Nether Glastry Plantation, Argaty.
P McKeague and A Sangster, August 1990.
Publication Account (2007)
NN70 1 GALLOW HILL (‘Argaty’)
NN/7458 0374
This possible broch in Dunblane and Lecropt is a an overgrown, roughly circular stony wall approximately 0.5m high which stands on a promontory of high ground, Gallow Hill, overlooking the valley to the north, west and south. The average diameters are – internal 11.3m and external 17.4m. The site was revealed by the clearance of a surrounding conifer plantation. Beech trees of considerable age grow around the perimeter.
Sources: 1. NMRS site no. NN 70 SW 58: 2. R Page, C Page and L Main in Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1990, 9.
E W MacKie 2007
Archaeological Evaluation (10 October 2020)
NN 7458 0374 An initial 7.0 x 0.5m trench was opened, on 10 October 2020, on a possible broch as a first stage to further works. This identified the collapsed stone work of the structure. Two pieces of worked quartz were recovered from the topsoil.
Archive: NRHE
Funder: Rampart Scotland
Murray Cook − Rampart Scotland
(Source: DES Volume 21)
Archaeological Evaluation (5 July 2021 - 15 July 2021)
NN 74585 03739 Ongoing exploration of a possible broch (Canmore ID: 78147; DES Volume 21, 133) near Stirling was carried out, 5–16 July 2021. Trenching revealed extensive plough damage and a background of worked lithics. To the exterior of the structure’s wall was a possible burnt in situ palisade. The disturbed external face of the structure was associated with a significant concentration of struck quartz, raising the possibility that the structure is in fact a ring cairn. In addition, a substantial glacial erratic was found to have been used as a working surface.
Archive: Stirling Council SMR
Murray Cook and Michelle MacIver – Rampart Scotland
(Source: DES Vol 22)
