Melgund Cottage
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Melgund Cottage
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 34829
Site Number NO55NW 46
NGR NO 5313 5640
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/34829
- Council Angus
- Parish Aberlemno
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
Field Visit (3 May 1957)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Marginal Land Survey (1950-1962), an unpublished rescue project. Site descriptions, organised by county, are available to view online - see the searchable PDF in 'Digital Items'. These vary from short notes, to lengthy and full descriptions. Contemporary plane-table surveys and inked drawings, where available, can be viewed online in most cases - see 'Digital Images'. The original typecripts, notebooks and drawings can also be viewed in the RCAHMS search room.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 19 July 2013.
Note (1983)
Melgund Cottage NO 531 564 NO55NW
About 100m NW of Melgund Cottage there is a cairn measuring 30m in diameter and 2m in height.
RCAHMS 1983
(DES, 1980, 37).
Geophysical Survey (22 August 2019 - 23 August 2019)
NO 5313 5640 Approximately 8.7ha of magnetic gradiometry data was collected on 22-23 August 2019. The survey targeted the unscheduled areas surrounding a large cairn (Canmore ID: 34829) and ring ditch, which are overlooked by the enclosure at Balbinny which produced AD 400–600 dates. The survey revealed a number of probable barrows to the W and S of the large cairn. The presence of high-voltage power lines to the north of the cairn obscured the detection of unrecorded archaeological features there.
Archive: University of Aberdeen
Funder: University of Aberdeen
James O’Driscoll & Gordon Noble - University of Aberdeen
(Source: DES Vol 20)
