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Latitude: 56.7119 / 56°42'42"N
Longitude: -3.1727 / 3°10'21"W
OS Eastings: 328312
OS Northings: 758415
OS Grid: NO283584
Mapcode National: GBR VD.8BXQ
Mapcode Global: WH6NY.7KGF
Entry Name: Easter Coul,cairns 250m N of
Scheduled Date: 12 March 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6344
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Lintrathen
County: Angus
Electoral Ward: Kirriemuir and Dean
Traditional County: Angus
The monument comprises the remains of a group of cairns and possible domestic structures of prehistoric date.
The monument lies on a gently sloping hillside in rough pasture at around 280m OD. It comprises numerous cairns, up to 6m in diameter lying around the N edge of an area of marshy ground. Several of the cairns exhibit signs of structural complexity and the group may contain funerary as well as clearance cairns. Some may also represent the remains of small domestic structures.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the visible remains and an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is irregular in shape with maximum dimensions of 140m NW-SE by 60m as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric farming practices and, potentially, ritual and funerary practices.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NO 25 NE 22.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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