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Latitude: 56.4596 / 56°27'34"N
Longitude: -3.1731 / 3°10'23"W
OS Eastings: 327805
OS Northings: 730328
OS Grid: NO278303
Mapcode National: GBR VD.RYNG
Mapcode Global: WH6Q3.7W8X
Entry Name: Castlehill, barrows 210m SE of
Scheduled Date: 7 December 1998
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7307
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow
Location: Inchture
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Carse of Gowrie
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises two barrows of prehistoric date, and associated features, visible as a series of cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 35m OD. It comprises two sub-circular ditched enclosures, each measuring about 10m E-W by 6m. Each contains a central dark cropmark. These appear to represent grave pits. The two barrows are linked by a linear ditch about 25m long.
Monuments of this type are normally taken to be characteristic of Bronze Age burial practices, although some were constructed much later, during the Pictish period.
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 70m, 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 funerary and ritual practices. Its importance is increased by its proximity to other monuments of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 23 SE 31.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1984) A30890 NO23SE30, 31.
RCAHMS (1984) A64764 NO23SE30, 31.
RCAHMS (1989) A64757/TR NO23SE30.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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