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Latitude: 56.4643 / 56°27'51"N
Longitude: -3.3908 / 3°23'26"W
OS Eastings: 314400
OS Northings: 731102
OS Grid: NO144311
Mapcode National: GBR V7.VN74
Mapcode Global: WH6PZ.WSH9
Entry Name: Tammieteeth, cairn 500m W of Cairnbeddie
Scheduled Date: 14 December 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7286
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: St Martins
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Strathmore
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises a cairn of prehistoric date, visible as a tree-covered mound.
The monument lies in arable farmland on a small knoll, at around 75m OD. There is a circular mound, measuring about 12m in diameter and about 0.9m in height. Around the base of the cairn are the remains of an enclosing bank which was built in 1791 to protect it. The monument is a burial mound of a type characteristic of the Neolithic or Bronze Age.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to be found. It is circular with a diameter of 30m, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric funerary and ritual practices. It may be expected to contain material relating to its mode of construction and use and to cover a contemporary ground surface which may preserve evidence of prehistoric agricultural activity.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 13 SW 21.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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