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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Moredun TopCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.745 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Perth and Kinross Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Perth
Map Ref: NO13621999
Latitude: 56.364309N Longitude: 3.399799W
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 |
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Hillfort in Perth and Kinross
This important multi period fort crowns the summit of Moredun Top, the highest part of Moncrieffe Hill.
It consists of an enclosure formed within two ruined walls and measuring 560 feet by 330 feet. It has a dun-like structure measuring about 160 feet by 120 feet within a ruined wall originally about 12 feet thick which seems to overlie a sector of the inner wall of the larger enclosure. It is suggested that this is from the Pictish (late/post Roman] period.
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