<< 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 ProjectCountry: 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:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
Internal Links:
External Links:
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."
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
The above images may not be of the site on this page, they are loaded from Geograph.
Please Submit an Image of this site or go out and take one for us!
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive OS mapKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
727m SE 126° Arthurstone Standing Stone (Menhir) (NO261429)
2.5km E 86° Macbeth's Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NO27994346)
3.1km E 83° Seward's Stone Standing Stone (Menhir) (NO28584366)
3.4km ENE 68° Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum* Museum (NO28724459)
3.5km ENE 67° Vanora's Mound* Round Barrow(s) (NO28734462)
3.7km SE 135° Kinpurnie Castle (Newtyle) Cairn (NO2807740693)
4.0km SSE 152° Keillor* Class I Pictish Symbol Stone (NO2733139760)
4.5km SSE 166° Hill of Ballunie Stone Circle (NO265389)
4.6km SSW 201° Kettins Burn* Class II Pictish Symbol Stone (NO23783906)
5.5km N 359° Pitcrocknie* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NO2554648860)
5.6km NNW 347° Alyth* Class II Pictish Symbol Stone (NO24324878)
5.8km NNE 18° Balloch Mill Cairn (NO27384885)
5.8km WNW 294° Drumend* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NO202458)
5.9km WNW 294° Drumend* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NO20184582)
5.9km WNW 283° Rattray Cursus Cursus (NO19744479)
6.1km W 273° The Welton Stone Circle (NO1937243766)
7.0km N 5° Barry Hillfort Hillfort (NO262503)
7.1km NW 305° Broadmoss Standing Stones (NO198475)
7.8km NNE 18° Shanzie Standing Stone (Menhir) (NO280507)
7.8km NNE 18° Drumderrach* Standing Stones (NO280507)
7.9km NNE 25° Bruceton* Class I Pictish Symbol Stone (NO290504)
7.9km NW 312° Broad Moss Stone Circle (NO197487)
8.1km NE 34° Philpie Stones* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NO302499)
8.3km NNW 348° Shealwalls Enclosure (Alyth) Ancient Village or Settlement (NO2392251484)
8.3km NNW 348° Shealwalls* Stone Circle (NO23965150)
View more nearby sites and additional images