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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Moncreiffe HillCountry: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Perth
Map Ref: NO13131988
Latitude: 56.363231N Longitude: 3.407691W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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This is Moncreiffe Hillfort, situated at around 175-185m OD on a craggy prominence on the southern side of the hill.
The larger hillfort of Moredun Top will be excavated by the Tay LP team via a series of community excavations in 2015.
Source: AOC Archaology and see the comments below for more details and links
Note: Video: The Hunt for the Hidden Fort – Sophie Nicol presents the results of the excavation at Moncreiffe Hillfort, filmed at the 2015 Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee Conference. See the most recent comment on our page. Also from the conference, an Early Neolithic settlement, agricultural practice and a Bronze Age barrow found at Dun Knock, also near Perth.
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