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Latitude: 56.1643 / 56°9'51"N
Longitude: -4.2253 / 4°13'31"W
OS Eastings: 261910
OS Northings: 699075
OS Grid: NS619990
Mapcode National: GBR 10.HQR7
Mapcode Global: WH4NW.2B77
Entry Name: Blaircessnock, palisaded enclosure 950m E of
Scheduled Date: 25 November 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6538
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded enclosure
Location: Port Of Menteith
County: Stirling
Electoral Ward: Trossachs and Teith
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises the remains of a palisaded settlement of prehistoric date represented by cropmarks visible on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 30m OD. It comprises a roughly circular enclosure some 45m in diameter defined by a palisade trench with a N-facing entrance. Inside the enclosure are the remains of a roughly circular structure defined by a palisade trench some 12m in diameter. Some 4m to the SW of the enclosure is a darker patch about 4m in diameter apparently relating to an associated building.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the enclosure and an area around it in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 90m as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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