Archaeology Notes
Date - 1971
Event ID 675418
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NM80NW 14 8342 0697.
(NM 8343 0697) Cist (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
There is an exposed cist, said to have been "covered by loose stones" when found at some time prior to 1793, situated north of the mausoleum in the late 18th century family burial ground which stands on the summit of a large steep-sided mound. The Statistical Account (OSA 1793) records an "urn with ahses" being found by workmen when the mausoleum was being built. The cist measures 4' by 2'7" by 2'9". The gable capstone measures 5'4" by 4'8". Other stones projecting from the sides of the mound suggest that other graves may exist undamaged.
M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964; OSA 1793; M Campbell 1956; SDD 1960-.
As described. There is no trace of any cairn material. 10 metres to WNW is an upright slab which appears to be neither part of a kerb nor part of a cist. It is 1 metre high, 0.4 metres thick and 0.6 metres broad. Surveyed at 1:2500 scale.
Visited by OS (D W R) 6 October 1971.
