Mains Of Gollachy
Cist (Bronze Age)
Site Name Mains Of Gollachy
Classification Cist (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 17426
Site Number NJ46SW 11
NGR NJ 405 646
NGR Description NJ c. 405 646
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Moray
- Parish Rathven
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
NJ46SW 11 c.405 646.
A short cist, full of white sand, with a few flint implements and a small quantity of bluish mould, was found in April 1884, in a sandy knoll at the mouth of the Gollachy burn on Mains of Gollachy farm. The knoll, which commanded a fine view to the N shore of the Moray Firth, was not far from where other cists have been found (cf. NJ46SW 13, NJ46SW 14, NJ46SW 27 -31).
Aberdeen Journal 1884; T D Wallace 1888; G Thomson 1896; I C Walker 1969.
At NJ 4059 6460, about 30m N of the ruined Old Mill of Gollachy and c.200m from the mouth of the Burn of Gollachy is a prominent knoll, possibly the one referred to above.
Visited by OS 15 March 1962.
