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Latitude: 56.3569 / 56°21'24"N
Longitude: -3.8036 / 3°48'13"W
OS Eastings: 288651
OS Northings: 719746
OS Grid: NN886197
Mapcode National: GBR 1J.3HFK
Mapcode Global: WH5P7.JHY2
Entry Name: Dornock Lodge, pit-circle 280m ESE of
Scheduled Date: 3 March 2000
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7723
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: pit circle
Location: Crieff
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Strathearn
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises a pit-circle of prehistoric date, visible as a cropmark on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 35m OD. It comprises a circle of at least 7 pits, with a diameter of about 7m. The pits are circular, each having a diameter of approximately 1m. There is a pit with a diameter of about 1m at the centre of the circle. Excavations at similar sites have shown that such an arrangement of pits represents a setting of large timber posts.
However, this style of timber setting can represent two very different types of site, a later prehistoric timber house, or an earlier prehistoric ritual timber circle. It is not possible to tell from the cropmark evidence alone which of these structures is represented at this monument.
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 circular with a diameter of 30m, 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 settlement and economy, or to our understanding of prehistoric ritual practices.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NN 81 NE 57.
Aerial Photographs used:
CUCAP (1984) CQH 53 NN81NE57.
CUCAP (1984) CQH 55 NN81NE57.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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