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Douglastown
Cist (Early Bronze Age), Food Vessel (Early Bronze Age)
Site Name Douglastown
Classification Cist (Early Bronze Age), Food Vessel (Early Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 33590
Site Number NO44NW 2
NGR NO 4177 4751
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/33590
- Council Angus
- Parish Kinnettles
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO44NW 2 4177 4751.
A short cist, containing an inhumation accompanied by fragments of a food vessel was found in a sandy knoll at this spot on 12th March 1952.
OS 6" map, annotated by F T Wainwright, 28 May 1958.
No information was found regarding this cist but its approximate find spot was indicated by a local inhabitant; this agreed closely with Wainwright's position.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS 7 January 1970.
Upper part of Food Vessel, in Dundee Museum (1971-207).
H Coutts 1971.
Note (1983)
Douglastown NO 417 475 NO44NW 2
In 1952 a cist containing an inhumation and parts of a Food Vessel (DMAG 1971-207) was found at Douglastown.
RCAHMS 1983
(Coutts 1971 a, 52, no. 101).
