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Braco
Long Cist (Early Medieval)
Site Name Braco
Classification Long Cist (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Ardoch Roman Fort; Braco; Ardoch Bridge; Ardoch, Roman Military Complex
Canmore ID 25231
Site Number NN80NW 14
NGR NN 8388 0978
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/25231
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Ardoch
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN80NW 14 8388 0978
(NN 8388 0978) Stone coffin containing Human Remains found AD 1825 (NAT)
OS 25" map, Perthshire, (1901).
See also NN80NW 10 and NN80NW 13.
One of the sites of stone coffins surveyed in connection with the Ardoch Fort; only collectively referred to in ONB.
Name Book 1863.
Apart from a turf-covered wall (for which, see NN80NW 13) nothing significant was found at this site. No further information was found locally.
Visited by OS (R D) 9 June 1967.
The cited location of this discovery falls immediately S of the Roman fort NN80NW 10, and within the Scheduled area of the 'Ardoch, Roman military complex 900m NNE of Ardoch Bridge...'
Information from Historic Scotland, map attached to scheduling document dated 26 March 2008.
