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Field Visit
Date April 1984
Event ID 1048128
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1048128
A group of four cists was discovered in a gravel pit on a small promontory 550m SW of North Lodge. Three of these were excavated in 1928, and in the published account they are lettered A, B and C (Campbell and Sandeman 1964). The first cist (Cist C), which had already been opened in 1910 and found to contain bone fragments, consisted of four slabs and a capstone; aligned NNE and SSW, it measured about 1.02m by 0.64m and 0.56m in depth. The second cist (Cist A), which is still partly visible, was found about 1.8 m to the S. Aligned NE and SW and constructed of four slabs and a capstone, it measured 0.94m by 0.51m and 0.41m in depth. There was a shallow groove in the NW side-slab, but the end-slab did not lie in it. The cist contained partially cremated bone in the N half, and in the S half there was a jet necklace and a flint knife.
The third cist (Cist B), 3.35m to the S, was aligned NNE and SSW and measured 1.14m by up to 0.69m and 0.48m in depth, with the floor formed by flat, water-worn stones. Both of the side-slabs were grooved, but the end-slabs were not fitted into them. The cover slab was 2-06m by 1-04m and up to 0-13m thick with tool-markings on its underside. The cist appeared to have been filled with sand and gravel before the cover slab was put in place. Lying on the paved floor were fragments of unburnt bone and teeth, a piece of flint and some pieces of charcoal. A Food Vessel was found near the NE corner, and a fragment of bronze between the slabs of the cist.
The jet necklace, flint knife and Food Vessel are in the Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.
A fourth cist was reported in 1961 at a rather lower part of the terrace, (Campbell and Sandeman 1964), but there is now no trace of the site.
RCAHMS 1988, visited April 1984.
