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Islay, Keills
Cist (Bronze Age), Food Vessel Urn (Bronze Age)
Site Name Islay, Keills
Classification Cist (Bronze Age), Food Vessel Urn (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Kiells 2, Islay; Auchnaclach
Canmore ID 38106
Site Number NR46NW 13
NGR NR 4095 6823
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/38106
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Killarow And Kilmeny
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR46NW 14 4184 6865
In 1964 a short cist containing an inverted Enlarged Food Vessel and a small quantity of calcined human bone was found during ploughing in a field about 150m NE of Auchnaclach. The Food Vessel and the bone
are in the Museum of Islay Life, Port Charlotte (INT 77.119).
J N G Ritchie and H Welfare 1984; RCAHMS 1984.
Findspot confirmed by Mr D MacKechnie, headmaster, Keills School.
Visited by OS 19 April 1979.
Field Visit (June 1980)
NR 409 682. In 1964 a short cist containing an inverted Enlarged Food Vessel and a small quantity of calcined human bone was found during ploughing in a field about 150m NE of Auchnaclach. The Food Vessel and the bone are in the Museum of Islay Life, Port Charlotte (INT 77.119).
RCAHMS 1984, visited June 1980
