Arran, Giant's Graves
Axehead(S) (Stone)(Prehistoric)
Site Name Arran, Giant's Graves
Classification Axehead(S) (Stone)(Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Whiting Bay
Canmore ID 40124
Site Number NS02SW 21
NGR NS 043 246
NGR Description NS c. 043 246
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/40124
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Kilbride
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Buteshire
Note (3 July 2018)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
HES Survey and Recording 3 July 2018
Note
NS02SW 21 c. 042 246
There are six stone axes "? from the Giants' Graves chambered cairn" in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow:
(i) (Acc No: A.1942.3) - Group VI;
(ii) (A,1942.4) - Group VI;
(iii) (A.1942.5) - basalt;
(iv) (A.1942-6) - Group VI;
(v) (A.1942.7) - Group VI; and
(vi) (A.1942.8) - ? Group IX
(The name "Giants' Graves" refers to two chambered cairns - NS02SW 2 and NS02SW 3, at NS 0429 2467 and NS 0430 2463 respectively.)
P R Ritchie and J G Scott 1981.
Concordance of serial numbers with Hunterian Museum accession numbers:
ARN 1 A.1942.3.
ARN 2 A.1942.4
ARN 3 A.1942.6
ARN 4 A.1942.7
ARN 5 A.1942.5
ARN 6 A.1942.8
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
