Canmore Site 26253: WHITE CAIRN, GLEN COCHILL - LITTLE DUNKELD - CAIRN (EARLY PREHISTORIC), BEAKER (EARLY PREHISTORIC)


Description

Site NameWHITE CAIRN, GLEN COCHILL
Other Name(s)CARN BAN
Site NumberNN94SW 2
Broad ClassMONUMENT (BY FORM), FOOD PREPARATION AND CONSUMPTION, CONTAINER
Site Type(s)CAIRN (EARLY PREHISTORIC), BEAKER (EARLY PREHISTORIC)
NGRNN 9072 4116
NGR accuracyNGR given to the nearest 10m
Local AuthorityPERTH AND KINROSS
ParishLITTLE DUNKELD
Record created1988-04-11
Last updated2001-07-24

Archaeology Notes

NN94SW 2 9072 4114. (NN 9072 4114) White Cairn (NAT) OS 6" map (1902) Carn Ban or White Cairn has recently been completely removed, but had originally been 60' in diameter with a circumference marked by a ring of contiguous boulders, and beyond, a further circle of free-standing boulders set at irregular intervals. A short cist primary burial was found, covered by a large capstone, and filled with fine river gravel, but no relics. Fragments of a long-necked beaker, coarse and poorly made, were, however, discovered at a point where the cover-slab had slipped due to the partial collapse of one of the underlying side-slabs. The sherds were of a type of beaker not hitherto found N of the Forth and Clyde isthmus, but associated further S with handled beakers (in Perth Museum). M E C Stewart 1961 "White Cairn" is still visible as a low heather- covered rubble mound with indications of a kerb on the S side giving a diameter of 15.0m. In the centre is a cist constructed of a few slabs measuring 0.6m N-S x 1.1m and 0.6m deep. The capstone lies alongside. Surveyed at 1:10560 scale. Visited by OS (RD) 18 November 1970 The beaker fragments are in Perth Museum. D L Clarke 1970 Three black and white prints of the excavations have been donated to Perth Museum (Acc No 1988.88.3-5). A G Reid 1988.

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