What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Mains of Melgund as Cairn (early Bronze Age)(possible), Cist (early Bronze Age), Food Vessel (early Bronze Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Early Bronze Age cairn, possibly containing a cist and food vessel; represents a type of burial monument associated with ritual and funerary practices in Neolithic and Bronze Age Scotland.
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Places near here
BellahillRing Ditch (prehistoric), Man-made underground passage (iron Age)(possible) · 825 yd
Mains of MelgundCist(s) (prehistoric)(possible) · 828 yd
Melgund CastleCastle (medieval) · 1099 yd
Aberlemno, FlemingtonFarmhouse (period Unassigned) · 1271 yd
CrosstonFarmhouse (period Unassigned) · 1446 yd
The Crescent StoneHeritage attraction · 1521 yd
Wood of PitkennedyWood · 1626 yd
Crook HillMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
MarcusCastle (medieval) · 1.9 mi
Montreathmont ForestForest · 2.1 mi
Tannadice War MemorialMemorial · 3.9 mi