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Scarba, Kilmory Lodge
Burial Cairn (Bronze Age), Cist(S) (Bronze Age)
Site Name Scarba, Kilmory Lodge
Classification Burial Cairn (Bronze Age), Cist(S) (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 22557
Site Number NM70NW 7
NGR NM 71534 05897
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/22557
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Jura
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Reference (1955)
NM 715 057
An ‘old grave’ reported 200 yds NE of Kilmory Lodge, proved to be a short stone cist, flanked by a much denuded cairn. The capstone was lying alongside. Another grave of the same type, situated by the side of the burn half a mile to the north of the farm, was mentioned by Mr Carmichael, the land-owner, but it has not been visited.
E Cregeen (DES 1955, 7)
Field Visit (June 1974)
NM70NW 7 715 058
About 120m NNE of Kilmory Lodge, at the end of a rocky ridge on the E side of the road from the Lodge to the pier, there is an empty cist aligned N and S and measuring 0.85m by 0.6m and 0.4m in depth internally; the capstone lies dislodged on the E side. A spread of stones surrounding the cist suggests that it may originally have been covered by a cairn about 7m in diameter.
In 1955, when the site was first reported (Cregeen 1955), a second cist of similar type, situated by the side of a burn about 800m N of the Lodge, was also recorded; a search on the date of visit, however, failed to locate it.
RCAHMS 1984, visited June 1974.
