Broadgate
Cist (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Site Name Broadgate
Classification Cist (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Canmore ID 44410
Site Number NS57NE 13
NGR NS 5683 7947
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44410
- Council Stirling
- Parish Strathblane (Stirling)
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS57NE 13 5683 7947.
NS 5683 7947. While digging the silage pit at this point, about March 1955, some farm workers found a "stone box" formed of flag-stones. It was destroyed before Mr J Ward (owner, Broadgate farm, Strathblane) was told of the discovery, and he did not know if anything was found in it.
Visited by OS (J L D) 28 March 1957.
Note (1979)
Broadgate 2 NS 568 794 NS57NE 13
In 1955 a cist was discovered during the construction of a silage pit; there is no record of its contents.
RCAHMS 1979
