Rumgally

NO41SW 12 411 148.

(NO 4113 1488) Two short cists found at Rumgally, Kemback, Fife. The site of the first, found on 28th April 1931, "lay 373 yards 89 degrees E of N of Rumgally House". It measured internally 3ft 7 inches long, 21 inches broad at the south end and 30 inches at the north end. There was no cover and no stone bottom. It contained a skeleton, a food vessel and an end scraper of grey flint 1 5/8" in length.

Another cist was found 2 days later about 6 yards west of the first. "There was no stone cover on it and the inside measurements were 42 inches in length by 21 inches in width and about 27 inches in depth. There were no bones or urns in the grave but a very fine specimen of a knife of yellow flint finely dressed on one face and plain on the other, 1 7/8 inches in length was found. The urn, scraper and knife were presented to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS).

J T Gordon 1932

Food vessel type C1 from cist at Kemback.

V G Childe 1946

A third Bronze Age cist was discovered between the two previous ones, during ploughing in December 1932. This cist measured internally, 48 inches in length 24 inches in breadth and was 18 inches deep; it had a large stone cover and was found to contain a crouched skeleton, with a flint knife 3 inches long.

J T Gordon 1933

The field in which the cists occurred was under crop at the time of field investigation, and the siting given by Gordon could not be checked on the ground.

Visited by OS (RDL) 25 May 1964