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Cairn Gleamnach
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Cairn Gleamnach
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Hill Of Kingseat; Saebeg
Canmore ID 29046
Site Number NO15NE 7
NGR NO 15860 55438
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/29046
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Alyth
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO15NE 7 1585 5544
(NO 1585 5544) Cairn Gleamnach (NR)
OS 6" map, Perthshire, 2nd ed. (1901)
Cairn Gleamnach, 70' in diameter and 3'6" high; no remains were found in it.
(W Thorneycroft 1933)
Cairn Gleamnach, a severely robbed round cairn with an almost complete kerb of contiguous boulders. It measures 19.5m in diameter and survives to a maximum height of 1.0m.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (AA) 11 January 1974
Field Visit (4 March 1988)
The remains of a substantial cairn are situated on a low knoll in the saddle between the Hill of Kingseat and the hill known as Saebeg. It is roughly circular and measures 19.5m from NW to SE by 19m in diameter over a boulder kerb. At least sixty kerbstones are visible, although some have been pulled forwards out of position; the largest, which measures 1.4m in length by 0.8m in height, is on the S, but there is another large block on the SW. Within the kerb the cairn has been extensively quarried and its centre dug out, but in places the cairn material still stands up to 1m high. (Name Book 1865)
Visited by RCAHMS (SH) 4 March 1988.
RCAHMS 1990.
Measured Survey (15 March 1988)
RCAHMS surveyed Cairn Gleamnach by alidade and plane-table on 15 March 1988 at a scale of 1:125. The resultant plan was redrawn in ink and published at a scale of 1:250 (RCAHMS 1990, Fig. 12).
