Archaeology Notes
Date - 1971
Event ID 674876
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NM80SE 35 8689 0356.
(NM 8689 0356) Cist (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
A natural gravel mound at the crossroads in Ford village has a cist exposed on its west side. Its flat cover measures 7' 2" by 3' 9" by 9", and internally, the cist measures 2' 9" by 2' 4" in depth. The west side has been removed and is probably lying broken above the cover. There is no record of when the cist was opened, but Campbell and Sandeman suggest that a food vessel presented to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1885 (Accession no EE 57) by the then acting minister of Ford, and said to have come from 'a cist in the neighbourhood of the lower end of Loch Awe' may have come from this site. Authority 4 records the finding of some human bones when the cist was opened, but makes no mention of the date of opening or of the food vessel.
M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1886; Name Book 1871; NMAS 1892.
As described.
Surveyed at 1:2500 scale.
Visited by OS (D W R) 11 October 1971.
