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Bute, Cnoc-na-mhanan
Short Cist (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Food Vessel
Site Name Bute, Cnoc-na-mhanan
Classification Short Cist (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Food Vessel
Alternative Name(s) Cist 2, Kildavanan
Canmore ID 40071
Site Number NS06NW 11
NGR NS 0257 6683
NGR Description OS 1976, pers comm
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/40071
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish North Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Buteshire
NS06NW 11 0257 6683.
NS 027 665. A cist was found in the spring of 1952 by Mr Lochhead of Kildavanan farm when his plough struck its cover-stone. Examined two years later by Miss Marshall, she recovered a food vessel and fragments of bone from it. The food vessel is now in Rothesay Museum. The cist lies just above the 300ft contour line below Cnoc-na-mhara on the hill face above Ettrick Bay.
D N Marshall 1955
NS 0257 6683. This cist has been destroyed, but Miss Marshall was able to point out its site on the map (D N Marshall, Kames Garden Cottage, Port Bannatyne).
Visited by OS (BS) 24 November 1976
Nothing is now visible of the cist that was found during ploughing in 1952 on the NW side of Cnoc-na-mhanan, a rocky spur on the SE flank of Eenan Hill. On the date of visit its site had recently been ploughed.
A cist had been discovered nearby in the 19th century (NS06NW 6), and a third was discovered in 2002 (NS06NW 87).
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, ARG) 17 March 2009.
Field Visit (24 November 1976)
NS 0257 6683. This cist has been destroyed, but Miss Marshall was able to point out its site on the map (D N Marshall, Kames Garden Cottage, Port Bannatyne).
Visited by OS (BS) 24 November 1976
Reference (1986)
"Cist at Kildavanan NS 026.685."
Information from Buteshire Natural History Society
NMRS MS/843 (1986, 1)
Reference (6 February 1996)
The farm of Kildavanan (NS027 665) is some 2km S of the grid reference noted by the Buteshire Natural History Society in 1986 (see NMRS MS/843).
Information from RCAHMS (MMD) 6 February 1996.
Field Visit (17 March 2009)
Nothing is now visible of the cist that was found during ploughing in 1952 on the NW side of Cnoc-na-mhanan, a rocky spur on the SE flank of Eenan Hill. On the date of visit its site had recently been ploughed.
A cist had been discovered nearby in the 19th century (NS06NW 6), and a third was discovered in 2002 (NS06NW 87).
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, ARG) 17 March 2009
