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Kames
Cist (Bronze Age)
Site Name Kames
Classification Cist (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 39907
Site Number NR97SE 8
NGR NR 9717 7147
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/39907
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilfinan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR97SE 8 9717 7147
This cist, recorded as extant during the compilation of the Name Book in 1870, was found empty; it was situated some 60m N of the standing stone in the hedge noted on NR97SE 1. (See also NR97SE 10.)
Name Book 1863.
No trace.
Visited by OS (IA) 27 October 1972.
Note (1988)
Three cists were recorded at Kames during the compilation of the Name Book in 1870 (Name Book 1863), but there are now no traces of them. 'A stone cist stands here untouched by the plough, beside it another was dug up recently containing an urn and a small copper hammer, with an iron shank or handle, the hammer was similar to a modern smith's hammer, but small; another cist was discovered a little north of this but containing neither bones nor urn.' The first two were found about 150m SE of the standing stone in the hedge (NR97SE 1) and the third some 60m N of the stone. The Name Book entry also mentions the discovery of other cists found ' in and about' Tighnabruaich.
RCAHMS 1988.
