Craigroy

Nineteenth-century accounts state that a coffin or a stone cist was found in 1862 during the excavation of a small mound. The site lay close to the western banks of the River Avon, about 600m south-east from Craigroy steading.

Probably dating from the Early Bronze Age, the cist contained ashes and calcined bones, the remains of a cremation. Three stones were left to mark the position of the cist.

Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project

NJ13SE 10 1888 3387.

(NJ 1888 3387). Tumulus (NR), Stone Coffin containing Human Remains Found AD. 1862.

OS 6"map, Banffshire, 2nd ed., (1905)

A small mound, opened in 1862 and found to contain a cist, 5ft long by 2 1/2ft with ashes and calcined bones. The cist was left in situ., the position being marked by three small upright stones.

Name Book 1869.

The site of this barrow and cist is still marked by the three stones (c.0.8m high) mentioned in the Name Book (1869).

Revised at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (R L) 25 August 1966.