Mains Of Huntingtower
Ring Ditch (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Mains Of Huntingtower
Classification Ring Ditch (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Huntingtower Cropmark Complex
Canmore ID 26801
Site Number NO02NE 86
NGR NO 07967 25112
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/26801
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Tibbermore
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO02NE 86 0792 2509
For other elements of the Mains of Huntingtower cropmark complex, see NO02NE 39, NO02NE 87, NO02NE 100, NO02NE 151, NO02SE 27, NO02SE 49, NO02SE 66 and NO02SE 67.
APs show a possible small ring ditch situated to the north of the Roman Road and adjacent to a linear feature (NO02NE 60).
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Scheduled as [part of] 'Mains of Huntingtower, henges, enclosures, pits and road WSW of... the remains of a neolithic henge, two prehistoric enclosures, five prehistoric roundhouses, dispersed groups of pits and a broadly-parallel alignment of pits representing a Roman road [surviving] as a complex group of buried archaeological features... on a river terrace in cultivated land to the north-west of Perth, 1km south of the River Almond and at 35m above sea level.'
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 25 November 2008.
Watching Brief (6 July 2010)
NO 0810 2510 A watching brief and metal detector survey
were undertaken on 6 July 2010 during groundbreaking
works associated with the installation of a septic tank and
related features (including tailrace and soakaway). Part
of these works crossed the eastern end of a scheduled
monument (AMH 3630 – Mains of Huntingtower, henge,
enclosure pits and road WSW of), but no features or deposits
of archaeological significance were recorded.
Archive: RCAHMS. Report: Historic Scotland and Perth and Kinross
Heritage Trust
Funder: Mr J Ritchie
