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<< Text Pages >> Bankhead of Kinloch - Barrow Cemetery in Scotland in Perth and Kinross

Submitted by bat400 on Monday, 26 November 2012  Page Views: 2781

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bankhead of Kinloch Alternative Name: Meigle Project
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.461 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Perth and Kinross Type: Barrow Cemetery
 Nearest Village: Meigle
Map Ref: NO2551443333
Latitude: 56.576000N  Longitude: 3.214W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Barrow Cemetery in Perth and Kinross.
A site with two round barrows, a square barrow and a double square barrow. Before excavation, nothing of the structures remained other than their imprint.<

According to The Courier.co.uk, Experts said the Meigle project represented the first complete excavation of a barrow cemetery to date, providing a unique opportunity to comprehensively analyse the monument.

"The site was discovered almost by chance, with the AOC Archaeology Group commissioned to undertake an archaeological evaluation in preparation for an agricultural development.

"The archaeologists say the features contained very few artefacts, but four of the five graves excavated did contain skeletal material, while one of the excavated pits contained flints and ceramics.

"The archaeology team have yet to establish when the cemetery was built and developed. However, they believe that the cemetery represents an area set aside for burial over centuries."
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Archaeologists uncover graves of national significance near Meigle by bat400 on Monday, 26 November 2012
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A series of burial mounds have been excavated — thought to represent an ancient barrow cemetery — at Bankhead of Kinloch near Meigle.

Both the village and the surrounding area of Strathearn have proved a treasure trove of Pictish sites and artefacts over the years. Despite the increase in the identification of these sites through aerial photography surveys since the 1970s, they are still generally rare and so are of immense significance.

The site was discovered almost by chance, with the AOC Archaeology Group commissioned to undertake an archaeological evaluation in preparation for an agricultural development.

No known sites of archaeological interest were identified within the development area, but with the surrounding area rich in archaeological sites, the owners of Bankhead of Kinloch Farm did not want to take any chances.

That led to the discovery of an important early historic site. Nothing of the structures themselves remained other than their imprint, but they nonetheless represented an exciting find for the team.

The archaeologists say the features contained very few artefacts, but four of the five graves excavated did contain skeletal material, while one of the excavated pits contained flints and ceramics.

The remains have been removed and efforts are now being made to have them carbon dated.

The archaeology team have yet to establish when the cemetery was built and developed. However, they believe that the cemetery represents an area set aside for burial over centuries.

Such burial sites are common to the Perthshire and known throughout Scotland, but those behind the excavation said the linear barrow cemetery is ''of national significance''.

Excavation of barrow sites are rare, with only three main examples having been excavated north of the Tay since the 1970s.

A fourth, at Forteviot — once a Pictish royal centre — has been the subject of recent excavation, with archaeologists uncovering an early Bronze Age burial. The 4,000-year-old chamber is believed to have been the grave of a significant person. It contained a distinctive bronze dagger, together with the first evidence that people in the Bronze Age laid flowers on the graves of loved ones.

Thanks to coldrum for the link. For more, see the http://www.thecourier.co.uk By Mark Mackay.
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