Angus HER - NO65NE0003 - GALLOWS KNOWE, DUN

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO65NE0003
Name	GALLOWS KNOWE, DUN
NRHE Card No.	NO65NE3
NRHE Numlink	35682
HES SM No.	862
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of a possible cairn, an artificial, stony, flat-topped mound 25.0m overall diameter, 1.6m high and 12.0m across the top which is mutilated by digging. It is situated at the top of a rise and may be the result of 18th - 19th century landscaping, although tradition says it was the execution place of the Barony of Dun. Surveyed in 1994 during operations at the nearby Fordhouse Barrow. A watching brief by Cameron Archaeology in 2012 during groundworks for drainage improvements in the vicinity of the cairn found no archaeological features or artefacts.
Last Update	08/06/2020
Updated By	cpalmer

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Date of Compilation

Google Map for NO65NE0003

National Grid Reference: NO 6708 5954

Event Details

Event Date	Event Type	OASIS ID
2012	Watching-Brief

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
6	1958			JLD	OS

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
CAIRNS	BURIAL	REMAINS OF	B	90
MOUNDS		REMAINS OF	A	100