Islay, Kintra
Grave (Early Medieval), Inhumation (Early Medieval)
Site Name Islay, Kintra
Classification Grave (Early Medieval), Inhumation (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Laggan Bay
Canmore ID 37604
Site Number NR34NW 28
NGR NR 3216 4852
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/37604
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kildalton And Oa
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR34NW 28 3216 4852
In 1981 an inhumation burial was exposed by erosion 2m below the top of a sand-dune 240m N of Kintra. Shortly after its discovery was reported, excavation by members of the Commission's staff revealed the incomplete skeleton of a young male, aligned E-W and lying on its left side, with the legs to the W. The body had been laid in a grave-pit, with a layer of stones immediately on top of it; the pit had then been back-filled with sand and finally covered with slabs, the largest measuring 1.72m by 0.6m and 0.12m in thickness.
Apart from several white quartz pebbles, there were no grave-goods, and a radiocarbon determination of 830 AD +/-65 (GU-1624) obtained from a sample of the bones, provides the only indication of the date of the burial.
J Barber 1981; RCAHMS 1984, visited May 1981.
Excavation (May 1981)
NR 321 485. In 1981 an inhumation burial was exposed by erosion 2m below the top of a sand-dune 240m N of Kintra. Shortly after its discovery was reported, excavation by members of the Commission's staff revealed the incomplete skeleton of a young male, aligned E-W and lying on its left side, with the legs to the W. The body had been laid in a grave-pit, with a layer of stones immediately on top of it; the pit had then been back-filled with sand and finally covered with slabs, the largest measuring 1.72m by 0.6m and 0.12m in thickness.
Apart from several white quartz pebbles, there were no grave-goods, and a radiocarbon determination of 830 AD +/-65 (GU-1624) obtained from a sample of the bones, provides the only indication of the date of the burial.
RCAHMS 1984, visited May 1981.
