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Latitude: 56.4101 / 56°24'36"N
Longitude: -3.2822 / 3°16'56"W
OS Eastings: 320976
OS Northings: 724947
OS Grid: NO209249
Mapcode National: GBR 25.00L3
Mapcode Global: WH6QF.K47R
Entry Name: Over Durdie, fort 550m ENE of
Scheduled Date: 30 November 2000
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7225
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort)
Location: Kilspindie
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Carse of Gowrie
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises a fort or defended settlement of prehistoric date, visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs and as faint traces on the ground.
The monument lies partially in arable farmland and partially in improved pasture, and is situated on the top of a prominent hill at around 130m OD. The fort is defended by four concentric lines of ditches, visible as cropmarks on the NW. The ditches measure up to 3m wide and are spaced at intervals of about 3-4m.
To the SE, faint traces of the ramparts and ditches are visible as intermittent surface features in pasture. The fort measures about 155m by 130m overall. Forts of this type are characteristic of the second half of the first millennium BC.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to be found. It is irregular, with maximum dimensions of 205m NW to SE, and 160m SW to NE, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric defended settlement and economy. It is of particular interest because of the presence of undefended settlements also of later prehistoric date in the area.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 22 SW 33.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1984) A63753 NO22SW33.
RCAHMS (1984) A64756 NO22SW33.
RCAHMS (1988) A35221/TR NO22SW33.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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