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Rumgally Park
Cist (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Rumgally Park
Classification Cist (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 33038
Site Number NO41SW 3
NGR NO 4104 1476
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/33038
- Council Fife
- Parish Kemback
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO41SW 3 4104 1476.
NO 4104 1476. About 1952 a cist was found at the spot indicated, and the site excavated by Mr D C Baird. In the cist was an urn and a flint knife. Also found within the cist were teeth, jawbone and a fragment of a skull. These relics are said to be in the St Andrews Museum (J H Graham, Rumgally House, Cupar). This short cist lies exposed on an isolated piece of rising ground in Rumgally Park. There have been trial diggings around, but no traces of any other cists. The cist measures 1.1 x 1.0 x 0.3m deep. Beside it is a large cover stone measuring 1.5 x 1.1 x 0.2m thick. The relics were not seen in the Bell Pettigrew Museum, University, St Andrews.
Visited by OS (JLD) 24 October 1956
"All the material from Rumgally was left with Mr Stevenson at the Museum of Antiquities, Queen St, Edinburgh."
Information from D C Baird, Assistant Professor of Physics, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 24 February 1958
The cist is still in situ and as described and illustrated by Baird.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (RDL) 25 May 1964
