Kingoldrum Churchyard
Cist (Early Bronze Age), Inhumation (Early Bronze Age), Armlet (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Site Name Kingoldrum Churchyard
Classification Cist (Early Bronze Age), Inhumation (Early Bronze Age), Armlet (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Kingoldrum Parish Church
Canmore ID 32269
Site Number NO35NW 4
NGR NO 3342 5502
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/32269
- Council Angus
- Parish Kingoldrum
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO35NW 4 3342 5502.
(Centred: NO 3342 5502) A short cist was found in Kingoldrum Churchyard in 1843. It contained a crouched skeleton with bronze armlet on one wrist. This is in the possession of Rev J O Haldane, Kingoldrum.
J Stuart 1867.
No further information. (But see NO35NW 6.)
Visited by OS (NKB) 21 November 1967.
Note (1983)
Kingoldrum 2 NO c. 334 500 NO35NW 4
About 1843 two cists were discovered close to the churchyard of Kingoldrum parish church. One contained a crouched inhumation with a bronze bracelet (lost) on one wrist.
RCAHMS 1983
(Chalmers 1854; Stuart 1867, ix; PSAS, vii 1866-8, 199; Robertson 1970, Table vii).
