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Boysack is a Post-Medieval barrow cemetery and enclosure situated approximately 250 metres south-west of Invergighty Cottage in Angus, Scotland. The site comprises burial mounds and an associated earthwork enclosure, representing funerary practices of the Post-Medieval period in the region. The monument reflects local burial customs and land use during this era, when communities continued to establish dedicated cemetery spaces marked by substantial earthworks. The site is recorded within the national monuments record and remains a significant archaeological record of Post-Medieval settlement and mortuary practices in Angus.
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 approximately 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 Britain.
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).
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