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Field Visit
Date 20 March 2009
Event ID 581394
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/581394
This cist or burial chamber is as described by previous authorities. The monument may have been known to J Blain, writing in the early 19th century, who noted that some small cairns and barrows 'within the Dunagoil fort' were excavated under his request by J Norton, head gardener at Mount Stuart. This resulted in him finding ‘undoubted evidence of their having been places of sepulchre’ (1880, 78), something noted by later authors (Hewison 1893, 38; Bryce 1903, 70). The position of the cist was accurately recorded for the first time on a plan of the archaeological sites around Dunagoil by D Dewar, published in J N Marshall's summary in 1915. However, the locational informational given in the text is incorrect (Marshall 1915, 44). Since then, it has been depicted on OS maps and it was visited in 1943 by A Graham as part of the Emergency Survey undertaken by RCAHMS. The interior of the structure was excavated by D N Marshall in 1968 and 1969, and the results were published by J Scott (1969, 36-37).
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, AGCH, ARG, IP) 20 March 2009.
