Arran, Torrylinn Water
Cairn (Bronze Age), Cist (Bronze Age), Cinerary Urn(S) (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Site Name Arran, Torrylinn Water
Classification Cairn (Bronze Age), Cist (Bronze Age), Cinerary Urn(S) (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Canmore ID 39661
Site Number NR92SE 6
NGR NR 95201 21145
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/39661
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Kilmory
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Buteshire
NR92SE 6 9520 2114
(NR 9521 2115) Cairn (NR)
Cist (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1924)
The tumulus E of the limekiln has been partly demolished and ploughed; cists, human bones and according to D Cook, Bennecarrigan, who assisted at the demolition, several urns were found, but they invariably went into dust on being touched. (OS 6" map, 1924 shows a cist in the S side of this cairn).
Name Book 1864.
NR 9520 2114 A cairn, composed entirely of small stones, situated on the level top of an old coastal scarp.
It is overall 8.0m E-W by 6.0m N-S and is 1.0m high on the S side. There is no indication it once covered a greater area or was part of a larger feature. The cist shown on the OS 25" (county series) approximately 10.0m to the S no longer exists, but an amorphous grassed over depression with a dump on one side marks the site.
No information was obtained locally about the cist.
Re-surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (J R L), 28 November 1977.
Note (29 November 2018)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
HES Survey and Recording 29 November 2018
