What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Murton Farm as Cist(s) (prehistoric), Human Remains (prehistoric), Food Vessel (pottery)(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.
A Bronze Age cist burial; its significance lies in the presence of human remains and a food vessel, indicating funerary practices and material culture of the period.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
MurtonCist (early Bronze Age), Knife (flint)(early Bronze Age) · 289 yd
Murton Nature ReserveNature reserve · 404 yd
LochheadMilestone (19th Century) · 717 yd
Clocksbriggs StationRailway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 863 yd
Green HillMountain / peak · 983 yd
Restenneth MossNature reserve · 1014 yd
Reswallie HouseCountry House (18th Century) · 1224 yd
Lunan WellSpring · 1.1 mi
Lownie HillMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Battle of Dun NechtainMajor battlefield · 1.7 mi
Lowson Memorial Parish ChurchMemorial · 1.8 mi
Forfar, Monument to Sir Robert Peel, Forfar CemeteryCommemorative Monument (19th Century) · 2.1 miOther information
Photo: M J Richardson · CC BY-SA 2.0