Carsegownie
Cairn (Early Bronze Age), Cist (Early Bronze Age), Urn(S) (Early Bronze Age)
Site Name Carsegownie
Classification Cairn (Early Bronze Age), Cist (Early Bronze Age), Urn(S) (Early Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 34911
Site Number NO55SW 2
NGR NO 50574 54493
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/34911
- Council Angus
- Parish Aberlemno
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO55SW 2 5056 5449.
(NO 5057 5449) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, (1969)
A cist found before 1842 is preserved in its original site in the middle of a sub-circular "artificial hillock", composed of stones and earth, about 30 paces in diameter, from 8 to 10ft high, and called the Roundie. "The bottom of the grave is about 3ft below the surface, and was composed of six separate flags of freestone, all of which remain except the top. It is about 4ft long, by 2ft broad, and lies due north and south. A stone urn was found in the SE corner and two stone dishes with handles or ears, resembling those of 'luggies'. No bones, weapons, or personal ornaments were to be seen, but the urn was about half full of black ashes."
The urn and "dishes" were given to the late Mr Charles Gray of Carse Gray.
A Jervise 1859; New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845.
A round cairn 30m in diameter and 1m high surrounded by a retaining wall. The cist cavity, 1.3m by 0.6m by 0.3m deep remains but no slabs were noted. It is possible that these are obscured by the vegetation which covers the cairn. A few large stones lie around.
Visited by OS (JLD) 21 August 1958.
Field Visit (March 1978)
Carsegownie NO 505 544 NO55SW 2
The remains of this cairn, measuring 30m in diameter and 1m in height, stand on a gentle SW facing slope SE of Carsegownie. In the 19th century, a central cist containing a cremation in a 'stone urn' was found, together with two 'stone dishes'. (See also no. 214).
RCAHMS 1978, visited March 1978
(NSA, xi, Forfar, 630; Jervise 1857, 191; Coutts 1970, 9, no. 8)
