Featured: Current Archaeology Book of the Year 2019!

Current Archaeology Book of the Year 2019!

Ancestral Geographies of the Neolithic, Edmonds, Bender

Ancestral Geographies of the Neolithic, Edmonds, Bender

Who's Online

There are currently, 469 guests and 3 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

<< Text Pages >> King's Seat - Hillfort in Scotland in Perth and Kinross

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Saturday, 10 August 2019  Page Views: 1025

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: King's Seat Alternative Name: King's Pass
Country: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Dunkeld
Map Ref: NO00934303
Latitude: 56.568729N  Longitude: 3.613878W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

Internal Links:
External Links:

I have visited· I would like to visit

dst visited on 20th May 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3

Hillfort in Perth and Kinross

A later prehistoric or early medieval hillfort with up to four ramparts and 35 x 22m internal dimensions. The fort is located in a strategic position overlooking River Tay. The site was excavated in 2017 by AOC Archaeology and Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust.

Canmore entry
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.

Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NO0042 : King's Seat and Craig Barns from Silver Knowe by Donald Watson
by Donald Watson
©2007(licence)
NO0143 : Climbing at Polney Crag by Doug Lee
by Doug Lee
©2007(licence)
NO0143 : View towards Dunkeld from Polney Crag by Doug Lee
by Doug Lee
©2007(licence)
NO0143 : View from Polney Crag, Dunkeld by Jim Barton
by Jim Barton
©2019(licence)
NO0143 : Minor road near Dunkeld by Jim Barton
by Jim Barton
©2019(licence)

The above images may not be of the site on this page, they are loaded from Geograph.
Please Submit an Image of this site or go out and take one for us!


Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 496m E 93° Dunkeld Park* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NO0142642993)
 1.5km ESE 105° Dunkeld Cathedral Sculptured Stone* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (NO024426)
 4.0km WSW 245° Ballinloan* Rock Art (NN97244141)
 4.1km ESE 118° Newtyle* Standing Stones (NO0449241062)
 5.0km SSE 163° Craig Obney Vitrified Fort (NO02243822)
 5.0km N 349° Dowally Standing Stones (NO001480)
 5.2km W 268° Salachill* Rock Art (NN95714300)
 6.2km SE 139° Staredam Standing Stones* Standing Stones (NO049383)
 6.2km SW 229° Meikle Findowie* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NN961391)
 6.3km E 97° East Cult* Stone Row / Alignment (NO0722642159)
 6.4km SSE 148° Witch's Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NO042375)
 6.5km SW 224° Airlich (Cup and Ring Marks)* Rock Art (NN963384)
 6.6km SE 140° Muirheadston Stone Circle (NO05053790)
 6.6km SW 228° Airlich Stone Circle* Stone Circle (NN9590838678)
 6.6km E 84° Ninewells* Cairn (NO07574360)
 6.8km S 176° Tullybeagles* Stone Circle (NO013362)
 6.9km NNE 34° Sancta Crux Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NO049487)
 7.0km ESE 118° Murthly Castle Standing Stone (Menhir) (NO07053956)
 7.1km NNW 346° Druid's Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NN99384994)
 7.2km SSW 192° Sack Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NN9925535973)
 7.3km NNW 346° Kindallachan Standing Stones (NN993502)
 7.3km NNW 346° Briughdearg Standing Stone (Menhir) (NN993502)
 7.8km SW 234° Little Findowie* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NN94483865)
 7.9km NNW 344° Kilmorich Standing Stone (Menhir) (NN989507)
 8.3km NNW 344° Haugh Cottages* Class III Pictish Cross Slab (NN988511)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Gorsium

Craig Obney >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Cave Of Forgotten Dreams on DVD

Cave Of Forgotten Dreams on DVD

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"King's Seat" | Login/Create an Account | 1 comment
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Re: King's Seat a powerful Pict tribe's 'centre of power' by AngieLake on Wednesday, 19 February 2020
(User Info | Send a Message)
News of finds at King's Seat online tonight:
See more here:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8015595/Scottish-centre-power-containing-pottery-gaming-pieces-excavated.html
Titles:
"Remains of a powerful Pict tribe's 'centre of power' is discovered in Scotland with ancient textile tools and Celtic 'gaming pieces'
Remains of gaming pieces and textile production found at King's Seat Hillfort
The parts likely belonged to the Scottish Pict tribe more than 1,000 years ago
Archaeologists and volunteers have been excavating the site for over three years"
[ Reply to This ]

Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>

We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.