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Balbie
Cairn (Period Unassigned), Food Vessel
Site Name Balbie
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned), Food Vessel
Alternative Name(s) Balbie Farm
Canmore ID 52778
Site Number NT28NW 11
NGR NT 2278 8847
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52778
- Council Fife
- Parish Burntisland
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Kirkcaldy
- Former County Fife
NT28NW 11 2278 8847.
(NT 2278 8847) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, (1967)
In 1948 a ploughman on Balbie Farm found a short cist on the E side of an artificial-looking knoll some 90' across, at about 30' from the centre. The cist contained two skeletons, one piled in a corner of the cist with a food vessel on top, the other articulated and in a crouched position. The food vessel is in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS].
S Piggott 1950.
At the site of this short cist, pointed out by the farmer, there is a large ploughed mound, almost certainly a tumulus or cairn. It is circular on plan, measuring 32.0m in diameter and 1.2m in height; there is no ditch.
Visited by OS (W D J) 11 March 1959.
Situated in a ploughed field, this tumulus is as described in the previous field report. A further cist was found about 1968; finds from it are in the NMAS.
Visited by OS (S F S) 17 December 1975.
