Haly Hill, Forteviot
No Class (Event)
Site Name Haly Hill, Forteviot
Classification No Class (Event)
Canmore ID 85356
Site Number NO01NE 84
NGR NO 050 175
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/85356
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Forteviot
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO01NE 84 050 175
See also NO01NW 16.
Field Visit
NO 0503 1755 A survey of the former meanders on the Water of May revealed how Haly Hill had been undermined in the 18th century, accounting for the present 60 x 30m cutaway, but this suggests the promontory was no larger than present appearances suggest, and unlikely to have been the site of a large structure. It had been suggested previously by L and E Alcock (PSAS 122, 215–287) that the Water of May
had formerly been a straight channel along the E edge of the floodplain. The frequency of meander course changes suggests the E bank has been systematically scoured in the historic period, making it unlikely for an early historic high status site, such as a royal residence, to have survived, if it was located on the valley edge for defence.
A report and plan deposited with RCAHMS (Acq No 2007/218) shows the meander history and the training walls
and structures used to alter its course, and a documentary study of Forteviot Parish has been deposited (Acq No 2007/140).