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FORT (Site of) [Craig Obney] Fort (Site of)
Fort (Site of)
Fort (Site of)
Mr Robert Gow, Balhomich
Mr Charles Blair, Dunkeld
Mr Colin Livingstone, Dunkeld
073 [Situation] In Auchtergaven Ph. [Parish]
No information can be gathered with regard to these remains of a fort on the summit of Craig Obney - but there can be no doubt that it was built at a very remote period as there is nothing remaining now but a few stones laying in a somewhat circular form.
"On Craigobany, one of the summits of Birnam, there was recently discovered a vitrified fort."
Fullarton's Gazetteer
"The Antiquarian will find, on one of the southern points of Birnam, called Craig Obeny, the remains of a Circular Fort, partially vetrified. The approach to this fort from the south is still traceable; and from its commanding position must have been a place of great strength in the days when gunpowder was unknown."
Dunkeld, its Straths & Glens

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Perthshire -- Parish of Auchtergaven

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