Dighty Valley - Archaeology Data Service

NORANSIDE, TANNADiCE From Mr R. B. K. Stevenson
NO/46(47)61. Ninety-four coins were recovered in October
1962, during building operations. They ranged in date from James
IV to James VI and formed a hoard buried about 1583: early
placks 12, bawbees and halves 32, later billon of Mary and James
49, silver James VI, 1.
From Mr J. D. Boyd,
Director of Dundee Museums
FALLAWS FARM, MONIKIE and Art Galleries
NO/509409. A short-cist burial chamber was uncovered by
a ploughman in a field. The cist had its long axis running East-
West and was constructed of rough, brown sandstone slabs. It
measured internally 3£ feet long, 1\ feet wide and 2 feet deep. The
capping stone was one foot below the surface and the cist had a
floor of sand. The fragments of a beaker and some badly weathered
skeletal remains were recovered and are now in the Dundee
Museum. A report on this find is in preparation.
HIGH STREET, CARNOUSTIE
NO/564346. A long-cist burial chamber was discovered by
workmen when they removed a pavement stone. The cist was 1ft.
4ins. below ground and measured 6ft. long and 1ft. 4ins. wide. The
skeleton was removed by a member of the Dundee Museum Staff
and it is now in the Dundee Museum awaiting examination.
HODGETON FARM, INVERKEILOR
NO/640491. During sand quarrying operations in a field, a
short-cist burial chamber was revealed by a mechanical excavator.
The cist had collapsed over the edge of a deep pit cut by the excavator
before members of the Museum Staff arrived at the site.
Fortunately the excavator-driver rescued a food vessel from the
ruins of the cist before it collapsed completely. Skeletal remains
were recovered. A report on this find is in preparation and the food
vessel and skeletal remains are now in the Dundee Museum.
LANDSDOWNE, DUNDEE
NO/375532. A polished stone axe-head was found during
excavations of the foundations for a multi-storey block. The axehead,
which is dark-red and bears indications of considerable use,
measures 11 cms. long, 6.1 cms. wide at the cutting edge, 2.7 cms.
wide at the haftine end and has a maximum thickness of 3.2 cms.
The axe-head has been presented by the City Architect's Department
to the Dundee Museum.