Excavation recorded two large cairns with dry stone kerbs and a third, miniature cairn of similar construction. Each of the large cairns contained a central, slab-built cist. Burnt deposits with bone inclusions underlay the basal slabs of both cists. The third, smaller cairn covered a pit which also contained burnt deposits. The cremated remains from the two larger cairns appear to represent a single adult in each case. Faunal remains from Cairn 1 include bones of a range of mammals, birds and fish. Radiocarbon dates indicate that the cairns were built in the mid-to late second millennium BC. Excavation and publication were funded by the former Historic Buildings & Monuments section of the Scottish Development Department (now Historic Scotland).
A general review of the topography and archaeology of Coupar Angus, particularly the Cistercian Abbey site. Early settlement evidence and cemetery data are noted. There are details of `Soil sample analysis' by Stephen Carter (1062--3), and `Human skeletal remains' by Tanya O'Sullivan~(1063). `Appendix 1: modern accounts and images of Coupar Angus' (1065--6), `Appendix 2: primary sources' (1066), and `Appendix 3: finds catalogue' (1067) conclude proceedings.
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