The excavation of a kerbed cairn at Beech Hill House, Coupar Angus, Perthshire

Abstract

A much-disturbed kerbed cairn was excavated in the summer of 1989, prior to building work on the site.Two phases of prehistoric activity were discerned.In Phase 1, evidence of pre-cairn agricultural activity was identified in a residual old ground surface which produced a tenuous third millennium BC date.No structural features were identified but settlement in the vicinity was suggested by the presence of flint artefacts and Neolithic pottery.Phase 2 comprised the Bronze Age kerbed cairn and associated features.The monument was much damaged and the chronological relationships between different features was often difficult to establish.Finds included Food Vessels, a bronze pin, a bone toggle and a bone pommel; the pommel is the sole example of its type from Scotland.However, the radiocarbon dates seem to be incompatible with the artefactual evidence which has limited the interpretation of the chronology of the site.The project was funded by Historic Scotland (formerly Historic Buildings and Monuments).

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