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Invergighty Cottage Barrow Cemetery is a Bronze Age burial ground situated north of Boysack in Angus, Scotland. The cemetery comprises multiple burial mounds distributed across a landscape underlain by Silurian to Devonian extrusive rocks, specifically mafic lavas and tuffs from the Devonian period. This volcanic bedrock forms part of the ancient geological foundation of the region and would have shaped the topography available to Bronze Age communities establishing their burial grounds.
Barrow cemeteries of this type typically date to the Bronze Age, spanning roughly the second millennium BC, and represent communal burial practices that evolved from earlier Neolithic traditions. The grouped arrangement of multiple barrows at this site reflects patterns of family or clan burial practice, with successive generations returning to the same sacred location over extended periods.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the designation SM5985, recognising its archaeological importance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement and burial custom in Angus. The site's preservation contributes to understanding Bronze Age social organisation and funerary practice in eastern Scotland during a crucial period of cultural development.
Invergighty Cottage,barrow cemetery N of Boysack is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5985. View the official record →
Invergighty Cottage Barrow Cemetery is a Bronze Age burial ground situated north of Boysack in Angus, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5985.
Invergighty Cottage,barrow cemetery N of Boysack 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 SM5985.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Templeton, enclosure 340m ENE of (2.5 km), Loanhead, barrow 355m SSE of Templeton (2.9 km), Newton of Boysack, unenclosed settlement 410m SE of (3.1 km).
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Invergighty Cottage,barrow cemetery N of Boysack stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.