Ballownie
Barrow (Bronze Age)(Possible), Arrowhead(S) (Flint)(Bronze Age)(Possible), Blade (Bronze)(Bronze Age)(Possible)
Site Name Ballownie
Classification Barrow (Bronze Age)(Possible), Arrowhead(S) (Flint)(Bronze Age)(Possible), Blade (Bronze)(Bronze Age)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Lousy Hillock
Canmore ID 35949
Site Number NO66NW 21
NGR NO 61031 65092
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/35949
- Council Angus
- Parish Stracathro
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO66NW 21 6104 6508.
(NO 6104 6508) Tumulus (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map, (1959)
The Lousy (New Statistical Account [NSA] 1845) or Lucy (Don 1896) Hillock which measured about 40 yards in diameter and 9' in height and was composed of black earth and 'fenced with a dike or rampart of loose stones' (NSA 1845). It was removed by the farmer in the 1830's and was found to contain a cist 24" by 13" by 18" deep, 'filled with about half a bushel of bones in a very broken and decomposed state: and among these were found three flint arrowheads' (NSA 1845). Don, whose father removed the mound, says the cist contained pieces of 'metal weapons and armour ... The best of the relics were sent to Mr Spied of Ardovie (NO 59 56) .... and some found their way to Montrose Museum' (Don 1896).
NSA 1845; W G Don 1896; Name Book 1870.
No trace. A slight rise in a field still marks the site.
Visited by OS (A A) 26 August 1971.
Note (1983)
Ballownie, Lousy Hillock NO 610 650 NO66NW 21
This barrow, which may also have been known as the Rye Hillock, was removed in the 1830s; it measured about 36m in diameter by 2.7m in height. In the mound there was a cist containing an inhumation with rave goods, possibly including a bronze blade and three flint arrowheads.
RCAHMS 1983
(Name Book, Forfar, No. 79, pp. 27-8; NSA, xi, Forfar, 665-6; Jervise 1860, 33; Don 1896, 48; Coles 1964, 148).
