Easter Essendy
Cist (Bronze Age), Food Vessel (Bronze Age), Necklace (Jet)(Bronze Age)
Site Name Easter Essendy
Classification Cist (Bronze Age), Food Vessel (Bronze Age), Necklace (Jet)(Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Easter Essendy Ii
Canmore ID 28890
Site Number NO14SE 23
NGR NO 1557 4277
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/28890
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Clunie
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO14SE 23 1557 4277.
For Easter Essendy I cist (NS 1557 4272), see NO14SE 44.
Only additional information to the above is that the cremations were of two human adults and the food vessel had three decorated 'lugs'.
L M Thoms 1974
Field Visit (20 February 1974)
The cist was about 1.0m square of dry-stone walling with two smaller stone supplementing the cover slab and a floor of fine gravel. It is now partly demolished ready to be filled in. Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (AA) 20 February 1974
Publication Account (15 February 1974)
A short cist, containing a large quantity of cremated bones, a broken food vessel and 108 beads of a jet necklace, was uncovered during ploughing in the week 3 - 9 February 1974, on Easter Essendy farm, by G A Macaskill, farmer. It was excavated and its contents removed by Miss Lizbeth Thoms and Howard Murray, Dundee Museum.
Information from The Courier 15 February 1974.
Field Visit (4 April 1989)
The site of this cist lies in an arable field and there were no visible remains on the date of visit. Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 4 April 1989.
Note (5 January 1993)
The Dundee Museum accession numbers for the Food Vessel and jet necklace are DUNMG 1974.561 and .562 respectively.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS) 5 January 1993.
