Blairgowrie, Greenbank Cottage
Cairn (Prehistoric), Cist (Prehistoric), Souterrain (Prehistoric)(Possible), Coin (Gold)(Roman)
Site Name Blairgowrie, Greenbank Cottage
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric), Cist (Prehistoric), Souterrain (Prehistoric)(Possible), Coin (Gold)(Roman)
Alternative Name(s) Dunkeld Road
Canmore ID 28897
Site Number NO14SE 3
NGR NO 1741 4484
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/28897
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Blairgowrie
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
A possible souterrain was unearthed at Greenbank Cottage during excavation work for a water pipe.
Information from M Hall, Perth Museum, 21 March 1995.
NO14SE 3 1741 4484.
(NO 1741 4484) Cairn (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1938)
In 1840 a heap of stones on the opposite side of the road to Greenbank Cottage was all that remained of a large cairn which covered the line of the road and the area of the cottage and its offices. About 1820 the excavation for the foundations of the cottage revealed a human skull within a stone cist.
Name Book 1863; Perth Constitutional 30 September 1840
The cottage was built in 1820 by Thomas Soutar
Field Visit (21 March 1963)
Greenbank Cottage is at NO 1742 4481. There is no trace of the cairn in the area.
Visited by OS (RDL) 21 March 1963.
Field Visit (3 April 1989)
No visible remains of this cairn were noted on the date of visit.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 3 April 1989.
Publication Account (1995)
NO 1742 4480 A possible souterrain was uncovered during renovation work at Greenbank Cottage, Blairgowrie. drainage work dislodged a large slab giving limited visual access to a stone-lined chamber. A coin of Hadrian (NO14SE 4) was found in the immediate vicinity, before 1840, and a burial cairn is also known to have been very close by.
M A Hall 1995.
