Angus HER - NO55NW0020 - MOTE OF MELGUND

Main Details

Primary ReferenceNO55NW0020
NameMOTE OF MELGUND
NMRS Card No.NO55NW20
NMRS Numlink34800
Site Form Earthwork
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Remains of a barrow. According to Jervise the site of a large, earthen tumulus removed some years before 1856, although the Ordnance Name Book (1861) notes 'a remarkable knoll'. Urns and two or three cists containing bones are said to have been found in it. Only a low irregular swelling, said by the farmer to be a rocky outcrop, was observed by the OS when visiting in 1958.
Last Update07/01/2021

National Grid Reference: NO 5397 5685


Easting: 0, Northing: 0

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Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

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Palynology 
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Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
CISTS SITE OFB100
URNS REMAINS OFC100
BONESHUMANREMAINS OFD100
BARROWS SITE OFA100

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National Status

Regional Status

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Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref NoTitleAuthorDateOthersEditorPublishedDetailsDate MDate Y
830Proc Soc Antiq Scot 2A Jervise1859   192  
1241      Book No. 1, 17  
2226  1983  Edinburgh11, No. 61  

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name Aberlemno
Positional Accuracy Location only
Buffer Zone 15-20m
Buffer Type Automated
Capture Scale Unknown
Spatial Feature Type Polygon: Unknown Extent

Environment

Constraints Privately owned, access by arrangement - difficult access.
Altitude135
Geology 
Topography Mound
Aspect 1360
Aspect 2 Open
Current Land Use Agricultural
Vegetation
Soil Type 
Hydrology 

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Historic Land Use

Period Details

PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
Prehistoric period uncertain A100    

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