South Gyran
Cist (Bronze Age), Cremation (Bronze Age), Cinerary Urn (Pottery)(Bronze Age)
Site Name South Gyran
Classification Cist (Bronze Age), Cremation (Bronze Age), Cinerary Urn (Pottery)(Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 1690
Site Number HY21NW 4
NGR HY 2402 1537
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1690
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Sandwick
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY21NW 4 2402 1537.
(HY 2402 1537) Stone Cist found A.D. 1866 (NAT)
O.S.6"map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1903).
This short cist was still in situ in 1880, only the cap- stone having been removed, and measured about 2ft long by 15 ins broad and deep. It contained ashes and an urn.
Name Book 1880.
There is now no trace of this cist, the site of which is now a small quarry.
Visited by OS(RL) 18 May 1966.
Note (2020)
South Gyran
This burial site in Orkney Islands was a focus for funerary practices in the Bronze Age period, between 2450 BC and 801 BC.
Prehistoric Grave Goods project site ID: 60121
CANMORE ID: 1690
Total no. graves with grave goods: 1
Total no. people with grave goods: 1
Total no. grave goods: 1
Prehistoric Grave Goods project Grave ID: 72344
Grave type: Cist
Burial type(s): Cremation
Grave good: Pot (Unknown/Unspecified)
Materials used: Pottery
Current museum location: Unknown
Further details, the full project database and downloads of project publications can be found here: https://doi.org/10.5284/1052206
An accessible visualisation of the database can be found here: http://blogs.reading.ac.uk/grave-goods/map/
Orkney Smr Note
Stone Cist found A.D. 1866. It contained ashes and an urn,
it is situated a short distance West of site of Burial Ground
and a short distance South of Gyran. The Cist still remains
where it was found, the top-stone, or lid, only having been
removed. It is about 2ft long by about 15in in breadth and depth.
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Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]
