Angus HER - NO56SE0011 - MURLINGDEN

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO56SE0011
Name	MURLINGDEN
NRHE Card No.	NO56SE11
NRHE Numlink	35054
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Artefact
Site Condition	Unknown
Details	At least one perforated stone, found to the southwest of Murlingden House (NO56SE0123), within the designed landscape (NO56SE0124). A quandrangular stone, 4 3/8 inches x 4 inches x 1 3/16 inches thick, with an almost central, 'picked', hour-glass perforation, found 'at Murlingden', was donated to NMAS by Captain G E Anderson, Murlingden. When the OS revisited in 1971, Captain Anderson was deceased and there was no further information. A smaller stone with a similar perforation also 'from Murlingden', is in Brechin Museum. Date of accession not known.
Last Update	28/06/2021
Updated By	cpalmer

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Date of Compilation

Google Map for NO56SE0011

National Grid Reference: NO 5909 6269

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Date M	Date Y	Artefact Type	Finder	Recovery Method	Condition	Storage Location	Access No.
		PERFORATED STONE	GA	Stray Find		National Museum of Scotland	AO 129
		PERFORATED STONE		Stray Find

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
PERFORATIONS		HOUR-GLASS	B	100
STONES		PERFORATED	A	100