Pitnacree


Site type: barrow and standing stone

Parish: Logierait

County: Perthshire

Grid reference: NN 9287 5337

Lat / long: 56.65985, -3.749278

The historic map is an Ordnance Survey map from 1919 to 1947, and is provided by the National Library of Scotland

This barrow, topped with tall thin conifers, is very visible from the road. The barrow was excavated in 1964, and found to be the final stage in a series of monuments. At its heart were four cremations (dated to c.2860 BC) in a rectangular stone enclosure, and two ramped stone or wooden post holes. The cremations and holes were inside a penannular ring-cairn, over which the turf and stone barrow were built. On top of the barrow is a standing stone, under which a fifth cremation was found (dated to c.2270 BC).

The perimeter of the barrow was originally bounded by a dry-stone kerb, but this has now been confused by ploughing and field clearance. On the south side of the barrow is a large square recumbent stone which isn't mentioned in the CANMORE report, and so may also be field clearance.

References (books)

  • Scotland's Hidden History
  • Ian Armit
  • Stroud, 1998

  • Experiment and Design: Archaeological Studies in Honour of John Coles
  • A.F. Harding
  • Oxford, 1999

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    created Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 4:20 pm, last updated Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 at 11:57 pm