Mains Of Ardblair
Linear Earthwork (Period Unknown)
Site Name Mains Of Ardblair
Classification Linear Earthwork (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 28919
Site Number NO14SE 5
NGR NO 1608 4467
NGR Description NO 1608 4467 to NO 1617 4463
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/28919
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Blairgowrie
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Field Visit (21 March 1963)
The bank and ditch run from NO 1617 4463 to NO 1608 4467. There is a second bank on the north side of the ditch, more fragmentary than the bank on the south side. Near the west end of the feature is a gap which may be an original entrance but is more probably a later mutilation. No indication of habitation other than the blackish soil mentioned by Crawford was noticed in the area south of the earthwork. It is possible that the ditch is part of an old drainage system connected to the loch which was the fore-runner of the Moss of Ardblair. (See NO14SE 1).
Surveyed 1/2500 Visited by OS (RDL) 21 March 1963.
