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Malletsheught
Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Non Antiquity
Site Name Malletsheught
Classification Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Non Antiquity
Canmore ID 43872
Site Number NS55NW 20
NGR NS 5284 5556
NGR Description NS c. 527 555
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43872
- Council East Renfrewshire
- Parish Eaglesham
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Eastwood
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS55NW 20 5284 5556 and c.527 555.
NS 5284 5556 Possible cairn, Malletsheugh: situated on an angle of an escarpment, at a small gully, on a low rock eminence about 60m north west of Netherplace Road. Very clearly defined, it is 17m in diameter and over 1.5m high. A terrace 1.5m surrounds its base.
About 40m south in the next field, at NS 5284 5552 is a possible cairn base about 16m in diameter, truncated by about a third by field reseeding. Also, there are possible cairn remains at NS 5261 5545, but most of this feature appears to be solid rock.
T C Welsh 1978; Information contained in letter from T C Welsh to OS,
4 January 1978.
for further details see MS/1508 (Welsh 1983)
NS 5284 5552 An archaeological evaluation of a putative burial cairn (NMRS NS55NW 20) was carried out in advance of a residential development. Twenty-five percent of the mound was stripped; it proved to be entirely natural in origin. No archaeological deposits, features or finds were encountered.
Sponsor: Mactaggart & Mickel Ltd.
R Conolly 2000.
The three mounds identified by Welsh in 1978 as possible cairns have been destroyed and their sites now lie under a modern housing estate. One of the mounds was partly excavated and found to be a natural feature (Conolly 2000).
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH) 18 June 2007.
Field Visit (1977 - 1978)
NS 5284 5556 Possible cairn, Malletsheugh: situated on an angle of an escarpment, at a small gully, on a low rock eminence about 60m north west of Netherplace Road. Very clearly defined, it is 17m in diameter and over 1.5m high. A terrace 1.5m surrounds its base.
About 40m south in the next field, at NS 5284 5552 is a possible cairn base about 16m in diameter, truncated by about a third by field reseeding. Also, there are possible cairn remains at NS 5261 5545, but most of this feature appears to be solid rock.
T C Welsh 1978; Information contained in letter from T C Welsh to OS,
4 January 1978.
for further details see MS/1508 (Welsh 1983)
Archaeological Evaluation (2000)
NS 5284 5552 An archaeological evaluation of a putative burial cairn (NMRS NS 55 NW 20) was carried out in advance of a residential development. Twenty-five percent of the mound was stripped; it proved to be entirely natural in origin. No archaeological deposits, features or finds were encountered.
Sponsor: Mactaggart & Mickel Ltd.
Field Visit (18 June 2007)
The three mounds identified by Welsh in 1978 as possible cairns have been destroyed and their sites now lie under a modern housing estate. One of the mounds was partly excavated and found to be a natural feature (Conolly 2000).
