Ballinshoe
Standing Stone (Prehistoric), Cinerary Urn (Bronze Age)
Site Name Ballinshoe
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric), Cinerary Urn (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 33871
Site Number NO45SW 7
NGR NO 4164 5219
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/33871
- Council Angus
- Parish Kirriemuir
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO45SW 7 4164 5219.
(NO 4164 5219) Standing Stone of Ballinshoe (NR) (Site of)
Cinerary Urn found (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1969)
This standing stone, said to have weighed 20 tons, was destroyed by blasting about 1830, and an urn about 3' high, containing bones and ashes was found at a considerable depth on the site.
Reid (1909) says the urn was in a cist and Mr Dixon (merchant, Kirriemuir) that more than one urn was found.
A J Warden 1880-85; A Reid 1909; Name Book 1871.
Note (1983)
Ballinshoe NO 416 521 NO45SW 7
This standing stone was destroyed about 1830; at least one 'urn' is said to have been found at its base.
RCAHMS 1983.
(Name Book, Forfar, No. 59, p. 43).