Ashintully
Cist (Prehistoric), Knife (Stone)
Site Name Ashintully
Classification Cist (Prehistoric), Knife (Stone)
Canmore ID 29406
Site Number NO16SW 1
NGR NO 10 61
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/29406
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Kirkmichael (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO16SW 1 10 61.
A stone cist was found in a peat-moss at Ashintully beside which was a knife or dagger, apparently a natural formation of mica-schist adapted as an implement. It was donated to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1852.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1855
No further information.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 11 April 1968
RCAHMS 1990
Note (1990)
NO16SW 1 10 61
Some time before 1851 a cist was discovered in peat at Ashintully.
RCAHMS 1990
(PSAS 1, 101)