St Andrews, Kirk Hill, 'st Mary Of The Rock'
Inhumation(S) (Period Unassigned), Long Cist Cemetery (Early Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name St Andrews, Kirk Hill, 'st Mary Of The Rock'
Classification Inhumation(S) (Period Unassigned), Long Cist Cemetery (Early Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Kirk Hill; Kirkheugh Of St Andrews; Kirkhill
Canmore ID 34323
Site Number NO51NW 38
NGR NO 515 166
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/34323
- Council Fife
- Parish St Andrews And St Leonards
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO51NW 38 515 166
See also NO51NW 7.
(Area centred NO 5156 1666) Long cist cemetery found at Kirkheugh of St Andrews; 4 plus graves, 'in and about the ruined chapel'.
A S Henshall 1958
No further information found during field investigation.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 28 May 1964
150 skeletons were recovered during excavation.
J Wordsworth 1980.
Over 300 skeletons of both sexes were uncovered. Apart from one wood coffin and 3 stone long-cists, all the bodies were simple inhumations. Radiocarbon dating indicates that the cemetery was first used in the 9th century AD, through to the Reformation.
J Wordsworth 1981.
