Canmore Site 26804: LOANLEVEN - METHVEN - CIST(S) (PREHISTORIC), CREMATION (PREHISTORIC), CUP AND RING MARKED STONE (PREHISTORIC)(POSSIBLE), HUMAN REMAINS (PREHISTORIC), INSCRIBED STONE (PREHISTORIC), RING DITCH (PREHISTORIC), FOOD VESSEL (BRONZE AGE), WHETSTONE (PER...

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Description

Site NameLOANLEVEN
Other Name(s)ALMONDBANK, METHVEN LOCH
Site NumberNO02NE 89
Broad ClassMONUMENT (BY FORM), TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT, RELIGIOUS RITUAL AND FUNERARY, CONTAINER
Site Type(s)CIST(S) (PREHISTORIC), CREMATION (PREHISTORIC), CUP AND RING MARKED STONE (PREHISTORIC)(POSSIBLE), HUMAN REMAINS (PREHISTORIC), INSCRIBED STONE (PREHISTORIC), RING DITCH (PREHISTORIC), FOOD VESSEL (BRONZE AGE), WHETSTONE (PERIOD UNKNOWN)
NGRNO 0543 2577
NGR accuracyNGR given to the nearest 10m
Local AuthorityPERTH AND KINROSS
ParishMETHVEN
Record created1989-06-16
Last updated2006-10-06

Archaeology Notes

NO02NE 89 0543 2577 Four cists and a segment of an enclosing, stone-filled, ring-ditch exposed during quarrying and excavated. Cist 1, aligned E-W, inhumation with head at E end; ring-marked stone, reused, formed S side of cist. Cist 2, aligned N-S, cremation with probable Food Vessel, disturbed in antiquity. Cist 3, aligned NE-SW, inhumation with head at NE end. Cist 4, disturbed by gravel extraction; cremation with associated burnt flint/chert implement with fine serrated edge. Ring-ditch, 1.25m wide, 0.65m deep; enclosure reconstructed as c 20m internal diameter; primary silting of ditch suggestive of external bank; feature later back-filled with stone; whetstone recovered from back-fill. C E Lowe 1988 The ring-marked cist slab from Cist 1 is now in Perth Museum and Art Gallery. Acc No: 1990.218. M D King 1991d.

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