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Coupar Angus Abbey
Midden (Medieval), Scraper (Tool) (Flint)(Prehistoric), Unidentified Pottery (Medieval)
Site Name Coupar Angus Abbey
Classification Midden (Medieval), Scraper (Tool) (Flint)(Prehistoric), Unidentified Pottery (Medieval)
Canmore ID 83331
Site Number NO23NW 13.03
NGR NO 224 397
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/83331
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Coupar Angus
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Field Walking (1994)
NO23NW 13.03 224 397
Fieldwalking organised by the Council for Scottish Archaeology and Perth Museum and Art Gallery on the supposed southern range of Coupar Angus Abbey to the S of the present church and graveyard led to a number of medieval finds. These included medieval pottery, slag, mortar, stone roof tiles (some with peg holes) and midden material including oyster shells, a scallop shell and animal bone. A flint scraper was also among the finds. (Finds and archive held by Perth Museum and Art Gallery).
M D King 1993d.
Finds noted above have been accessioned into the collections of Perth Museum and Art Gallery. They include medieval pottery, stone roof tile and building material, mortar, oyster shell, slag, animal bone, clay pipe and also a prehistoric flint artefact.
Acc No 1994.1863.1-9.
M D King 1994f.
