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Lismore, Eilean Na Cloiche
Cave (Period Unassigned), Cist (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Midden (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Lismore, Eilean Na Cloiche
Classification Cave (Period Unassigned), Cist (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Midden (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 23023
Site Number NM83NW 8
NGR NM 8382 3833
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23023
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Lismore And Appin (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM83NW 8 8382 3833.
(NM 8382 3833) Cave (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
Knight mentioned a cave, at whose mouth there was a mound containing 'a vast number of remains of primitive man' with a rectangular grave close by. Located on Eilean na Cloiche, the cave, which had an apparently dry wall across its entrance, was investigated by Livock. He dug a hole in the cave floor to a depth of about 0.3 metres, coming to rock or stones, but found nothing more than a piece of pottery, several bird bones and a piece of what was probably a sheep's jaw. He also found a large number a shells in front of the cave, and a collapsed cave or rock shelter on the east side of the same rock.
Information from F Knight 'Greenock Telegraph 1 February 1937 and from
G Livock, 1938, photograph.
The considerable shell midden at the mouth of the cave is clear evidence that it was at some time occupied.
The 'rectangular grave' - possibly a cist - was located about 8 metres from the cave entrance.
The second 'cave' is merely a fissure in the rock.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 scale.
Visited by OS (R D) 22 November 1971.
