anthonyqkiernan
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Cultoquhey, Gilmerton
Mar 04, 2005, 20:33
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Can anyone direct me to any information on the iron age fort in the grounds of the Cultoquhey House Hotel, Gilmerton, Perthshire?I have a friend that's moved into a house overlooking it, and thought a book or paper about it might be nice house warmer.
Also, is this the stone on the left hand side as you head back towards Crieff?
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/9055
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FourWinds
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Re: Cultoquhey, Gilmerton
Mar 04, 2005, 22:18
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It seems to be on the right as you drive north into Crief
http://uk.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?grid=NN859201&scale=50,000&title=Crieff
for a closer look
http://uk.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?grid=NN859201&scale=25,000&title=Crieff
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anthonyqkiernan
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Re: Cultoquhey, Gilmerton
Mar 04, 2005, 22:28
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Maybe I didn't notice it until later. Guess I'll just have to go up an have another look :-)
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tiompan
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Re: Cultoquhey, Gilmerton
Mar 04, 2005, 22:41
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This link may be some use, doesnt look like there's a lot of literature on it though. Don't forget the Clyde Cairn nearby ,if you can find in the vegetation .http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/pls/portal/newcanmore.details_gis?inumlink=25441
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follow that cow
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Re: Cultoquhey, Gilmerton + chambered cairn
Mar 04, 2005, 22:48
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Hi A,
This is a very interesting area, the hotel is a listed building as is a sundial in the grounds. However, both the iron age fort and the adjacent chambered cairn are scheduled. Full info courtesy of CANMORE.
NN82SE 20 8905 2359.
(NN 8900 2360) Earthwork (NR).
OS 6" map (1959)
Fort, Gilmerton. The earthworks shown on the OS map are simply the W end of a quasi-ridge fort lying with its main axis E and W. At the W end the defences comprise triple ramparts and ditches of massive proportions - the innermost ditch being exceptionally wide for an Iron Age fort. Some slight remains of the E defences, in the form of terraces, are also visible. There is no doubt of its being of Iron Age date.
RCAHMS Marginal Lands MSS, 26 April 1956
A fort generally as described by RCAHMS.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (RD) 15 December 1966.
.......but possibly more interesting is the the chambered cairn with crouched inhumation and flint arrowheads. Info below.
Archaeology Notes
NN82SE 38 8924 2348.
(NN 893 234) A chambered cairn, possibly of Clyde-Carlingford type (though this is by no means certain) is set into the edge of a very large mound, densely overgrown with rhododendrons, to the east of a sandy ridge surmounted by a fort (NN82SE 20). The flat top of the mound, which is 14ft in diameter and varies in height above the surrounding land from 16 to 26 feet. The cairn is defined, on the south, by the remains of a peristalith, best preserved about 37ft SSW of the chamber where, over a distance of 10ft, there are five contiguous split slabs, the larger 2ft in height. Two other possible stones of the peristalith suggest a diameter of rather over 200ft for this cairn.
The chamber lies some 50ft E of the top of the mound. It is 10ft 2 ins in length, divided into two compartments each about 5ft in width. The head stone of the inner chamber stands about 3ft above the upper edge of the chamber walls. In 1957 the chamber was cleared out to slightly below ground level and was still open in 1961 when visited by Miss Henshall (information from A S Henshall field notes, 1961). The inner compartment of the chamber, excavated by Mr Ian Roy and Harrison Maxwell in 1957, contained a crouched inhumation, a leaf arrowhead and sherds; of Lyles Hill ware according to Piggott.
A S Henshall 1972; S Piggott 1962
Generally as described above although the overall dimensions appear to be c.42.0m E-W by c.30.0m N-S. There is no doubt in J H Maxwell's (115 King Street, Crieff) mind that this is a Clyde-Carlingford type cairn. The human bones are in the anatomy department museum in Edinburgh University, the sherds are with Miss Henshall, while the leaf arrowhead is in Maxwell's possession.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (RD) 12 December 1966.
This sounds a very exciting place to be and well worth a visit.
Rock on.
FTC
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follow that cow
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Re:SNAP!!
Mar 04, 2005, 22:50
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Snap!!
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anthonyqkiernan
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Re: Cultoquhey, Gilmerton + chambered cairn
Mar 04, 2005, 22:55
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>>This sounds a very exciting place to be and well worth a visit.
Fuck yeah, especially as they've just moved out of Cumbernauld to there.
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follow that cow
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Re: Cultoquhey, Gilmerton + chambered cairn
Mar 04, 2005, 22:57
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What's it called?
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anthonyqkiernan
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Re: Cultoquhey, Gilmerton + chambered cairn
Mar 04, 2005, 23:04
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Aye it's bloody cauld.
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follow that cow
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Re: Cultoquhey, Gilmerton + chambered cairn
Mar 04, 2005, 23:37
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http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6197
here's a link to the TMA site.
Wrap up warm.
FTC
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