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Loch Fithie

Cist (Early Bronze Age), Axehead (Stone)(Neolithic)

Site Name Loch Fithie

Classification Cist (Early Bronze Age), Axehead (Stone)(Neolithic)

Canmore ID 33780

Site Number NO45SE 34

NGR NO 4833 5125

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Angus
  • Parish Forfar
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Angus
  • Former County Angus

Archaeology Notes

NO45SE 34 4833 5125.

(NO 4833 5125) A short cist was found on 30 May 1954 while excavating a gravel ridge at Loch Fithie. It lay 186' N of the junction of two paths. The cist contained no bones.

A stone axe was found on 1 June 1954 close to the cist, but not in it. The axe is now in Dundee Museum.

Information from F T Wainwright 28 May 1958.

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Note (1978)

Lochhead NO 483 512 NO45SE 34

In 1954 an empty cist was found at Lochhead gravel pit.

RCAHMS 1978

(DES, 1954, 6)

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