Angus HER - NO54SW0012 - SKICHEN FARM

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO54SW0012
Name	SKICHEN FARM
NRHE Card No.	NO54SW12
NRHE Numlink	34716
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Earthwork
Site Condition	Unknown
Details	Site of a cairn. According to the NSA (1845) it extended over 0.10 hectare (1/4 acre) and was situated on the high ground of Skichen Farm. Hundreds of cartloads of stones were obtained from it. 'Several stone coffins containing urns were found in different parts of the cairn, about 6ft below the surface, and each of the urns contained some fragments of bones'. Two of the urns were intact, one of which and a food vessel are in the NMAS donated by Dr R Dickson in 1866. Many scattered stones were noted by the OS in 1966, but nothing intelligible as a cairn. The area is now a water-filled quarry.
Last Update	20/07/2021
Updated By	cpalmer

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Date of Compilation

Google Map for NO54SW0012

National Grid Reference: NO 5221 4173

Event Details

Event Date	Event Type	OASIS ID
1866	Excavation
1966	Field Observation

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Date M	Date Y	Artefact Type	Finder	Recovery Method	Condition	Storage Location	Access No.
		FOOD-VESSEL	RD	Excavation		National Museum of Scotland	EE 33

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
URNS			B	100
BONES	HUMAN	SITE OF	C	100
FOOD-VESSELS			D	100
BURIALS	HUMAN	SITE OF	E	100
CAIRNS		SITE OF	A	100