Castle Hill, Rattray
Cist (Bronze Age), Food Vessel (Bronze Age)
Site Name Castle Hill, Rattray
Classification Cist (Bronze Age), Food Vessel (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 30798
Site Number NO24NW 52
NGR NO 2093 4541
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/30798
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Rattray
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Publication Account (1974)
NO24NW 52 2093 4541
NO 209 454. A short cist was found during gravel working operations at Castle Hill. It was oriented E-W and was composed of large sandstone slabs, one on each side, except the S, which had two overlapping slabs. The internal dimensions were 0.8 m by 0.65 m by 0.6 m, while the capstone was 1.3 m by 0.9 m by 0.6 m. There was no grave infill but the bottom had been lined with a layer of clay superimposed on a layer of small pebbles. The cist contained a food vessel, now in Dundee Museum, but there was no evidence of either a cremation of inhumation.
L M Thoms 1974
Note (December 1987 - 31 December 1987)
In May 1974 a short cist was discovered during gravel extraction operations at Castle Hill, a motte surmounting a natural gravel knoll 400m S of East Rattray. The cist was orientated E-W and comprised single sandstone slabs on all sides except the S where there were two overlapping slabs. The cist had been covered by a sandstone capstone which measured 1.30m by 0.9m, and the bottom of the cist was defined by a layer of small pebbles which were embedded in a thin matrix of clay. There was no trace of a body but a food-vessel, now in Dundee Museum (DMAG 1980-271), was recovered from the W end of the cist.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS) December 1987
