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Arbroath, Victoria Park
Long Cist (Early Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Arbroath, Victoria Park
Classification Long Cist (Early Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 35528
Site Number NO64SE 11
NGR NO 656 413
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/35528
- Council Angus
- Parish Arbroath And St Vigeans
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO64SE 11 656 413
Found by Parks staff in August 1987 when digging holes for goalposts. The skeleton, apart from the lower legs, was removed, with stones which may have lined the grave, by Police to their Forensic Medicine Department. No further report has been forthcoming. The skeleton was some 50cm below the surface, lay on its back facing upwards and aligned E-W with the skull at the west end.
N Atkinson 1988.
NO 656 413 An update on DES (Atkinson 1988) a report on the skeleton from a possible long cist burial.
The remains were of one individual- a relatively young adult male, about 5ft 5in tall. The skeleton was rather poorly preserved with few bones surviving in an intact state. The lumbar vertebrae showed the individual had suffered from some destructive pathological condition affecting the lower spine. The location and appearance of the bone lesions were suggestive of tuberculosis, which may well have been the immediate cause of death.
R Benvie 1995.
