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Note
Date 1975
Event ID 1175127
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
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On a number of occasions, particularly in the latter part of the 19th century, prehistoric burials, some of them in cists, have been discovered in Oban. The majority have been found in the northern part of the town, broadly between Breadalbane Street and Corran Park.
(4) NM 860 300. A cave which formerly existed behind the gas works in Oban, has now been completely destroyed by quarrying. It is said to have contained several human skeletons, and in 1877 two fragments of pottery, a flint chip and quantities of shells were recovered, in addition to human and animal remains. The pottery, which appears to be of Cinerary Urn style and the flint flake are preserved in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS. (Accession no. HL 378-380).
RCAHMS 1975.
