Site type CAIRN
Canmore ID 26297
Site Number NN95NW 30
NGR NN 9474 5700
Council PERTH AND KINROSS
Parish LOGIERAIT
Former Region TAYSIDE
Former District PERTH AND KINROSS
Former County PERTHSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NN95NW 30 9474 5700.

(NN 9474 5700) A large round cairn, turfed over and planted with trees, about 55' in diameter, surrounded by a shallow ditch with a low bank outside it (Feachem 1963). There was a row of upright stones round the mound. They were removed c. 1840 to repair the river embankment (Mitchell 1921).
The cairn is also said to have been partially excavated at some time, when some small cists were found, but destroyed (Dixon 1925).
Childe and Graham (1943) found the top surface disturbed, but no traces of cists. They suggest that the surrounding ditch and bank may represent remains of a ruined stone dyke, added to by field clearance.
H Mitchell 1921; 1923; J H Dixon 1925; V G Childe and A Graham 1943; R W Feachem 1963.

A cairn of earth and stones, slightly truncated in the NE, measuring c. 16.0m in diameter and 2.0m high. There is no trace of the row of stones around it, which may have been a kerb. It occurs not quite centrally within the remains of an elliptical stony bank 3.5m wide still well preserved around the NW half, but scarcely traceable around the SE half, where it is reduced to a platform supplemented by field clearance. It appears to have measured c. 31.0m NW-SE and 28.5m NE-SW between its centres and would seem to be contemporary with the mound, rather than a later tree ring. The appearance of a ditch between bank and mound is fortuitous.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (J B) 17 February 1975.

Childe and Graham, V G and A (1943) 'Some notable prehistoric and medieval monuments recently examined by The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, vol.77
Page(s): 36-7

Dixon, J H (1925) Pitlochry past and present: being a guide book for visitors and tourists to assist them in exploring Pitlochry and vicinity: and for Boy Scouts studying for the pathfinder badge to fit them to guide visitors and tourists, Pitlochry
Page(s): 56, 63-4 Held at RCAHMS D.13.23.PIT

Feachem, R (1963b) A guide to prehistoric Scotland, London
Page(s): 84 Held at RCAHMS E.2.FEA