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Milton Of Drumlochy

Barrow (Prehistoric)

Site Name Milton Of Drumlochy

Classification Barrow (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 28722

Site Number NO14NE 25

NGR NO 1583 4662

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Perth And Kinross
  • Parish Blairgowrie
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Perth And Kinross
  • Former County Perthshire

Archaeology Notes

NO14NE 25 1583 4662.

(NO 1583 4662) Tumulus (NR) (Urn found)

OS 6" map, Perthshire (1959)

A mound or tumulus, from which was trenched an urn and a number of human bones.

Name Book 1865

No trace - on a natural rise.

Visited by OS (IMT) 5 March 1974

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Field Visit (31 March 1987)

The site of this probable barrow, which was described as a 'small cultivated mound or tumulus' (Name Book 1865) is marked by slight traces of disturbance on the top of a natural rise 300m WNW of Milton of Drumlochy. When it was trenched in the early 19th century an urn and 'a number of human bones' was found.

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 31 March 1987.

RCAHMS 1990

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