Black Castle
Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Black Castle
Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Balintuim; Black Castle Of Pitcastle
Canmore ID 26387
Site Number NN95SW 9
NGR NN 9062 5390
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/26387
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Logierait
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN95SW 9 9062 5390.
(NN 9062 5390) (information from F T Wainwright to OS, undated.) A circular fort, known as the 'Black Castle of Pitcastle', stands on an eminence on Pitcastle farm.
It is somewhat overgrown and interfered with, so was not measured by Watson, but it appeared to be of the same type, general size and thickness of wall, as others in the neighbourhood (which average 82' external diameter, with walls from 9' - 13' thick).
W J Watson 1913.
A homestead (c/f NN44SE 7), locally known as the "Black Castle", situated on the brink of a SE-facing slope.
Large stones of the outer wall face are visible intermittently except in the SE where the wall has been bitten into by a now ruinous kiln. The overall diameter is 22.0m. No true wall thickness could be ascertained. The mutilated entrance is in the SW.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (S F S) 25 February 1975.
Field Visit (16 August 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This site was included within the RCAHMS Emergency Survey (1942-3), an unpublished rescue project.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 (29 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This site was included within the RCAHMS Marginal Land Survey (1950-1962), an unpublished rescue project.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.
