Archaeology Notes

Event ID 679689

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NN92NW 13 c. 931 289

A stone coffin containing a skeleton 'in a reclining posture' was found at a depth of 5ft in July, 1902 in preparing for the erection of a flagstaff near Glenalmond House [NN 9317 2893]. The top stone was replaced and the coffin left in situ.

Scottish Antiquary 1903

No further information could be obtained by local enquiries. There is no knowledge of a flagstaff at or near Glenalmond House.

Visited by OS (RD) 13 January 1967