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Bute, Kilbride
Burial Cairn (Bronze Age), Short Cist(S) (Bronze Age), Track (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bute, Kilbride
Classification Burial Cairn (Bronze Age), Short Cist(S) (Bronze Age), Track (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 40321
Site Number NS06NW 14
NGR NS 03578 69224
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/40321
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish North Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Buteshire
Field Visit (1981)
Field Visit (1981)
NS06NW 14 03578 69224.
Oval inner cairn, 7 by 11m, with definite edge on E, 1.50m of low kerb remaining; outer cairn, less well defined 15 by 12m with possible edging of large widely spaced stones. There is little space between the two cairns on the W. Two cists lie off centre in the inner cairn.
Cist 1, 1.8 by 0.8m, lies N-S, built of massive roughly shaped slabs. Cap stone, 1.9 by 1.2m, has seemingly been pulled at right angles to N end of cist. A layer of stones lies horizontally 0.6m from top of E slab, but not at the bottom of cist which has not been uncovered.
Cist 2 has been so much disturbed that original shape cannot be guessed. Two of the slabs are triangular. It lies about 2m NE of cist 1.
D Marshall 1981
Excavation (1981)
Reference (9 October 1982)
Field Visit (22 April 2009)
This heavily overgrown cairn is situated in moorland low down on the E flank of Kilbride Hill. Probably comprising at least two phases of construction, only the two cists that were recorded by Marshall and part of the kerb on the E side were readily visible on the date of visit. The nearby track, which was also noted by Marshall, is still visible.
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG) 22 April 2009.