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Craighead
Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Craighead
Classification Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 45355
Site Number NS69NE 5
NGR NS 69038 98220
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45355
- Council Stirling
- Parish Kilmadock
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Perthshire
NS69NE 5 6903 9822.
An earthen mound, a gun-shot from what was probably Coldoch Broch (NS69NE 2) was dug into c.1758 when it was found "full of urns, some with inscriptions, not legible". The proprietor intended to plant it with trees.
Gents Mag 1771
Probably the same mound as that referred to by MacLagan as about half a mile west of Coldroch Broch and c.50ft diameter.
C Maclagan 1872
At NS 6903 9822, on top of a low hillock, there is a stony mound, averaging 14.0m in diameter and 1.5m in height, surrounded by a dry-stone wall and surmounted by trees. Almost certainly the barrow from which urns were recovered c.1758.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (RD) 26 September 1968
Field Visit (August 1978)
Craighead NS 690 982 NS69NE 5
This cairn measures 14m in diameter and 1.5m in height and may be the mound that was found to be 'full of urns' about 1758.
RCAHMS 1979, visited August 1978
The Gentleman's Magazine, xii (1771), 496-7; Maclagan 1872, 39
