What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Mains of Melgund as Cairn (early Bronze Age), Cist (early Bronze Age), Necklace (jet)(early Bronze Age), Scraper (tool) (flint)(early Bronze Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Early Bronze Age cairn and associated burial cist; significant as part of a broader funerary and ritual landscape in southern Scotland.
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Places near here
Mains of MelgundCist(s) (prehistoric)(possible) · 103 yd
Melgund CastleCastle (medieval) · 369 yd
Southtown of MelgundCist (prehistoric)(possible) · 582 yd
Balglassie HouseCountry House (period Unassigned) · 1538 yd
Wood of PitkennedyWood · 1.0 mi
Aberlemno, FlemingtonFarmhouse (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
The Serpent StoneHeritage attraction · 1.3 mi
Crook HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
The Crescent StoneHeritage attraction · 1.3 mi
Montreathmont ForestForest · 1.8 mi
Finavon CastleDovecot (17th Century), Tower House (medieval) · 2.8 mi
Tannadice War MemorialMemorial · 4.3 miOther information
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