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Arran, Machrie North

Burial Cairn (Bronze Age), Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric), Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Field System (Prehistoric)

Site Name Arran, Machrie North

Classification Burial Cairn (Bronze Age), Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric), Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Field System (Prehistoric)

Alternative Name(s) Machrie Moor; Machrie Water

Canmore ID 275848

Site Number NR93SW 113

NGR NR 90137 34711

NGR Description Centred on NR 90137 34711

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

C14 Radiocarbon Dating

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Administrative Areas

  • Council North Ayrshire
  • Parish Kilmory
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Cunninghame
  • Former County Buteshire

Activities

Excavation (1980 - 1981)

Excavated by John Barber.

Note (27 November 2018)

For Site 24/01, see NR93SW 63

For Site 24/02, see NR83SE 30

For Site 24/53, see NR83SE 32

This record refers to the remaining features surveyed and excavated in the Machrie North area, some 70 hectares in extent. This includes the excavations at Sites 24/3, 24/3C 24/7A, 24/7B, 24/7C, 24/105, 24/105. For further information see Barber 1997, Chapter 7, and related archive material.

Information from HES (GFG) 27 November 2018.

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