North Mains

North Mains is a henge in Strathearn on Strathallan Estate between Crieff and Auchterarder in Perthshire, Scotland (not in the valley known as Strathallan). It was excavated in 1979 and the final report was published in 1983.^[1][2]

Like most henges North Mains saw use over many centuries. Prior to the construction of the henge two pits were dug and a cremation burial were placed at the site. The henge ditch and one timber circle seem to have been contemporary. There was a second timber circle. A series of burials was dug into and around the henge enclosure. An early Christian cemetery was later dug into the enclosed area.

References

1. ^ Gordon J Barclay "Sites of the third millennium bc to the first millennium ad at North Mains, Strathallan, Perthshire", Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland vol 113 (1983), 122-281. "Online version". AHDS. http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/ARCHway/toc.cfm?rcn=1340&vol=113. Retrieved 2011-05-05. 
2. ^ "Item SC 342842". RCAHMS. 1977. http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/details/342842/. Retrieved 2010-07-28. 

Coordinates: 56°19′38″N 3°44′12″W / 56.32722°N 3.73667°W / 56.32722; -3.73667

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