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Bell Hillock
Cairn (Early Bronze Age), Cist(S) (Early Bronze Age), Bracelet (Early Bronze Age), Food Vessel (Early Bronze Age), Necklace (Jet)(Early Bronze Age)
Site Name Bell Hillock
Classification Cairn (Early Bronze Age), Cist(S) (Early Bronze Age), Bracelet (Early Bronze Age), Food Vessel (Early Bronze Age), Necklace (Jet)(Early Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 32183
Site Number NO35NE 18
NGR NO 38853 58229
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/32183
- Council Angus
- Parish Kirriemuir
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO35NE 18 3885 5823.
(NO 3885 5823) Bell Hillock (NAT)
Tumulus (NR)
OS 6" map, Forfarshire and Angus, 2nd ed., (1927)
A cairn opened by Mr Wilkie of Auchlishie some years before 1863, when he found an urn and a spearhead which in 1863 were in the possession of Miss Wilkie, Auchlishie (NO 391 572). It was again excavated in 1919 by the Rev T F Fyffe, vicar of West Cornforth, Durham. He found a cist containing an Early Bronze Age food vessel, with parts of a jet necklace and bracelet, now in Sunderland. Further excavations in 1961 revealed three successive layers of loose stonework, apparently indicating intermittent construction. A second cist was found 25ft (7.6m) east of that found in 1919; it contained cremated remains but no grave goods.
Name Book 1863; JBAA 1919; J M Haddow, J D Boyd and R B K Stevenson 1959; R Crerar 1961.
A grass covered barrow measuring 25.0m in diameter and standing to a height of 2.0m. Its middle has been mutilated, probably by excavation. The name could not be confirmed locally.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (BS) 10 January 1977.
Note (1983)
Bell Hillock NO 388 582 NO35NE 18
This grass-covered cairn measures 25m in diameter and 2m in height. Excavations before 1863 located an 'urn' and a spearhead, and in 1919 a cist containing a Food Vessel, parts of a jet necklace and an armlet was found; renewed excavations in 1961 revealed a cist with a cremation.
RCAHMS 1983
(Name Book, Forfar, No. 59, p. 44; Journal of the British Archaeological Association, xxv, 1919, 268-9; DES, 1961, 4; Coutts 1970, 15, no. 28).
