Canmore Site 33788: MURTON - RESCOBIE - CIST (PREHISTORIC), HUMAN REMAINS (BRONZE AGE), FOOD VESSEL (POTTERY)(BRONZE AGE), KNIFE (FLINT)(BRONZE AGE)
Description
Site Name | MURTON |
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Other Name(s) | RESWALLIE |
Site Number | NO45SE 41 |
Broad Class | FOOD PREPARATION AND CONSUMPTION, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT, RELIGIOUS RITUAL AND FUNERARY, CONTAINER |
Site Type(s) | CIST (PREHISTORIC), HUMAN REMAINS (BRONZE AGE), FOOD VESSEL (POTTERY)(BRONZE AGE), KNIFE (FLINT)(BRONZE AGE) |
NGR | NO 496 512 |
NGR accuracy | NGR given to the nearest 100m |
Local Authority | ANGUS |
Parish | RESCOBIE |
Record created | 1988-03-07 |
Last updated | 2022-08-17 |
Archaeology Notes
NO45SE 41 496 512.
NO 496 512. A short cist was uncovered here, on Reswallie Mains, when ploughing in January 1967. Situated near the top of a low ridge, the cist had its long axis running ENE-WSW. The coverstone was about 1 1/2ft below ground level. Constructed of four grey sandstone slabs, the cist measured internally 3 1/4ft long, 2ft to 1 3/4ft wide and 1ft 10ins deep. Large pebbles and boulders grouped around the cist, and two large sandstone slabs laid on either side of the side-stones, pointed to it having been covered by a small cairn. The cist contained an inhumation, accompanied by a food vessel and a flint knife, which are now in Dundee Museum (Acc. Nos: 1971-179: 1 and 2).
J D Boyd 1967; H Coutts 1971.
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