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Excavation photographs - paving in chamber and passage, from the north-west.
KB 1169
Description Excavation photographs - paving in chamber and passage, from the north-west.
Date 1949
Collection Professor Stuart Piggott
Catalogue Number KB 1169
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 335902
Scope and Content Chambered cairn known as The White Cairn at Bargrennan, Dumfries and Galloway The White Cairn at Bargrennan is forestry plantation to the W of Glentrool village. The cairn is rather ruinous but has given its name to a group of around twelve passage-graves in the area. This is a detailed view of the passage and the remains of the chamber. The paving and drystone walls can be seen. The site was excavated in 1949. A fire-pit by the entrance contained cremated bone and oak charcoal. Finds from the passage and chamber included about 60 sherds from Late Neolithic pottery. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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Attribution & Restricted Use Summary
Attribution: © Courtesy of HES (Professor Stuart Piggott Collection )
Licence Type: Limited
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