Archaeology Notes

Event ID 695514

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NR71NE 3 7555 1821.

(NR 7555 1821) A short cist, measuring 3ft by 2ft by 2ft 2ins internally, was found during ploughing on Ballimenach farm on 18th April 1961, 150yds SE of the farm-buildings, 12yds from the west edge of the field and 100yds from its NW corner. On finding the cist, the ploughman removed the cover-slab which was split horizontally in two and shovelled out some of the earth that filled it. A few days later the writers assisted Duncan Colville, Machrihanish, to excavate it. It was found to be floored with a layer of fine gravel and on this lay a flint knife and one sherd of a food vessel. Cremated bone and fragments of carbonised wood were scattered through the lowest level of the filling. On completion of the excavation the cist was refilled with soil and recovered with part of the cover slab. The finds have been donated to Campbeltown Museum.

A MacLaren and I G Scott 1964; RCAHMS 1971.

There are no visible remains of this cist.

Visited by OS (JB) 24 October 1977.