Angus HER - NO35SW0045 - MAINS OF AIRLIE

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO35SW0045
Name	MAINS OF AIRLIE
NRHE Card No.	NO35SW45
NRHE Numlink	32387
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Documentary Record Only
Site Condition	Destroyed
Details	Site of a cist. An unpaved short cist, lying east to west and measuring 91cm by 56cm by 76cm, was found by workmen while quarrying sand in a field at Mains of Airlie in May 1963. It lay in the side of a natural hillock, 1.1m below the summit. It was excavated by H Coutts (1966) and this showed that its west end was partly covered by packing stones and small boulders. It contained fragments of an undecorated Food-Vessel, a rare type showing beaker influence, and a few cremated bones. The fragments of Food-Vessel are now in Dundee Museum.
Last Update	12/05/2010
Updated By	cpalmer

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Date of Compilation

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National Grid Reference: NO 3010 5076

Event Details

Event Date	Event Type	OASIS ID
1966	Excavation

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
5	1963			HC	DAG
	1966			COUTTS

Artefact and Ecofact

Date M	Date Y	Artefact Type	Finder	Recovery Method	Condition	Storage Location	Access No.
	1966	FOOD VESSEL	HC	Excavation		Dundee Art Gallery & Museum	1969-247

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
CISTS	SHORT	SITE OF	A	100
BONES	HUMAN	BURNT	B	100
FOOD-VESSELS		UNDECORATED	C	100
BURIALS	HUMAN		D	100