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Boysack is a post-medieval barrow cemetery and enclosure situated 250 metres south-west of Invergighty Cottage in Angus, Scotland. The monument lies upon Silurian to Devonian bedrock composed of mafic lava and tuff, volcanic rocks formed during the Devonian period that shape the underlying geology of this part of eastern Scotland. The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5984.
The cemetery represents a burial practice tradition that persisted in rural Scotland well after the medieval period, when barrow burial had largely ceased in lowland areas. The associated enclosure suggests a defined ceremonial or domestic space connected to the burial ground, indicating deliberate landscape organisation in this upland agricultural setting.
Little detailed archaeological investigation has been recorded at Boysack, leaving much about the specific form and date range of the burials and enclosure undetermined. The monument remains as physical evidence of local funerary customs in post-medieval Angus, set within the rolling countryside of the Sidlaws region.
Boysack, barrow cemetery and enclosure 250m SW of Invergighty Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5984. View the official record →
Boysack is a post-medieval barrow cemetery and enclosure situated 250 metres south-west of Invergighty Cottage in Angus, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5984.
Boysack, barrow cemetery and enclosure 250m SW of Invergighty Cottage dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a barrow cemetery and enclosure 250m sw of invergighty cottage. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Boysack, barrow cemetery and enclosure 250m SW of Invergighty Cottage is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM5984.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Templeton, enclosure 340m ENE of (2.4 km), Loanhead, barrow 355m SSE of Templeton (2.7 km), Newton of Boysack, unenclosed settlement 410m SE of (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Boysack, barrow cemetery and enclosure 250m SW of Invergighty Cottage's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Boysack, barrow cemetery and enclosure 250m SW of Invergighty Cottage stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.