Lower Drumchorrie
Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Lower Drumchorrie
Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 26285
Site Number NN95NW 2
NGR NN 9316 5947
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/26285
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Moulin
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN95NW 2 9316 5947.
(NN 9316 5947) A dun (OS 6" map, annotated by A L F Rivet, 4 June 1962, after information from R W Feachem) on the upper Pitlochrie golf course. The inner wall can be seen at two points 80' apart and directly opposite to each other. The external diameter is 107' and the wall is 13'6" thick. On the E side, a few courses of the masonry of the inner wall-face are still in position. The view extends S to the pass of Dunkeld. Two "tees" have been constructed on the wall, one on the W side, the other on the E.
W J Watson 1913.
Called "Craigiedun", "The Fort by the Rock", it is about 300 yards NW of the Drumchorry farm buildings.
J H Dixon 1925.
NN 9316 5946. This is a homestead (c/f NN44SE 7). It is almost circular, measuring 31.1m ESE-WNW by 30.4m overall, with a wall varying between 2.6m and 3.0m in thickness. The wall is mutilated and turf-grown, but a few inner and outer facing stones are evident. Almost the whole of the interior is occupied by a golf tee which has also destroyed the SE arc. The entrance is not evident. The name is not known locally.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (J B) 11 April 1975.
Field Visit (17 October 1942)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Emergency Survey (1942-3), an unpublished rescue project. Site descriptions, organised by county, vary from short notes to lengthy and full descriptions and are available to view online with contemporary sketches and photographs. The original typescripts, manuscripts, notebooks and photographs can also be consulted in the RCAHMS Search Room.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 10 December 2014.
Field Visit (23 May 1957)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Marginal Land Survey (1950-1962), an unpublished rescue project. Site descriptions, organised by county, are available to view online - see the searchable PDF in 'Digital Items'. These vary from short notes, to lengthy and full descriptions. Contemporary plane-table surveys and inked drawings, where available, can be viewed online in most cases - see 'Digital Images'. The original typecripts, notebooks and drawings can also be viewed in the RCAHMS search room.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 19 July 2013.
