Clyde Tomb from Kindrochat
The Clyde Tomb of Kindrochat (also Kindrochet) west of West Dundurn Wood (forest) or east of St. Fillans in Perth and Kinross in Scotland belongs to a small group of megalithic systems of the type Clyde Tomb (also Rottenreoch near Crieff ), which are off the mainly in Argyll and Bute are the main group of the Clyde Tombs.
The disturbed Clyde Cairn is about 300 m south of the Kindrochat farmhouse. It consists of a lot of stones and rubble, but different functions or three boxes can be clearly distinguished. Kindrochat was excavated in 1929 and 1930 by GV Childe (1892–1957). He found a maximum width of about 11 m and a length of 41 m within the edge of the curb. On the long west-east oriented axis, the complex contained three stone boxes ( English cists ). The central one contained a leaf-shaped arrowhead.
The dimensions of the cairn are misleading as it was made wider with reading stones. VG Childes trenches have been left open and most of the orthostats are visible, but the curbs are no longer visible.
literature
- Vere G. Childe : Excavations in a chambered Cairn at Kindrochat, near Comrie, Perthshire. In: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Vol. 64, 1929/1930, pp. 264-272, ( digitized version (PDF; 617 kB) ).
- Jack G. Scott: The Clyde Cairns of Scotland. In: Glyn Daniel, Poul Kjærum (Ed.): Megalithic graves and ritual. Papers presented at the III Atlantic Colloquium, Moesgård 1969. Gyldendalske Boghandel, Copenhagen 1973, ISBN 87-00-08861-7 , pp. 117–128.
Web links
- Entry on Clyde Tomb by Kindrochat in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
Coordinates: 56 ° 22 ′ 54.4 " N , 4 ° 4 ′ 10" W.