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West Glennan Burn
Bloomery Mound (Period Unassigned)
Site Name West Glennan Burn
Classification Bloomery Mound (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 39918
Site Number NR97SW 18
NGR NR 9285 7275
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/39918
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilfinan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR97SW 18 9285 7275.
A circular mound of bloomery slag in Ardmarnock Forest, near Kames (NR 97 71), was visited by Aitken and members of the Cowal Archaeol Soc. Pieces of pottery were found in forestry plough trenches in the immediate vicinity of the slag heap. They were identified as (a) a cooking pot of Leuchars ware -late 13th/early 14th century, and (b) a jug, probably of the same period and type. The Cowal Society undertook further excavation of the site, but todate have not found the hearth.
W G Aitken 1973.
NR 9285 7275. The site of this bloomery, discovered during forestry ploughing in 1969, was pointed out on the map by Miss Rennie. There is now, however, nothing to be seen. The area is under afforestation and thick heather. (See also NR97SW 20.)
Visited by OS (B S) 7 December 1976.
