| Title: |
Ancient Remains at Birnam, Perthshire.
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| Issue: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 54 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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| Volume: |
54
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| Number of Pages: |
276 |
| Page Start/End: |
204 - 210 |
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| Licence Type: |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
Duncan's Camp is a fort which occupies Duncan's Hill. The camp is roughly oval and it main axis running north-south is eighty yards in length. There are artificial defences on the north side while the others are naturally steep. On the upper surface of a large bench of undisturbed rock at Birnam Hill which slopes slightly towards the west is a group of twenty cup-marks, most of which are well formed and deeply cut. A detached mass nearby has three cup marks. Rohallion Castle lies in a hollow on the hillside completely dominated by a rocky eminence less than 100 yards\r\naway and its dimensions are very much smaller than is customary in ancient Scottish defensive buildings. It consists of a central block, oblong on plan with round towers at two diagonally opposite corners, and a series of outer defences. |
| Year of Publication: |
1919
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Hollow (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Cup Marks Rohallion Castle (Auto Detected Subject) |
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FORT
(Monument Type England)
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| Defences (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
(ADS Archive)
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| Created Date: |
07 Jan 2014 |
