Bute, Cnoc-an-coigreaich
Short Cist (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Bute, Cnoc-an-coigreaich
Classification Short Cist (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Auchintirrie 1; Auchantirie
Canmore ID 40386
Site Number NS06SE 21
NGR NS 05498 63968
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/40386
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish North Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Buteshire
NS06SE 21 05498 63968.
(NS 0550 6396) Stone Cist Found (NAT)
OS 6" map (1957)
This cist - Auchantirie No 1 - was opened by the farmer many years ago, but its contents were not removed. The cover stone is an irregular slab 4ft 3ins x 4ft 2ins x 7 1/2ins. The cist itself measures 2 ft 10ins x 1ft 9ins x 1ft 6ins deep. It contained a skull, bones and fragments of an urn. There is no trace of any cairn. (See also NS06SE 22).
T H Bryce 1904
Situated near the crest of a gentle ridge in cultivated land is the cover stone of a cist - Auchantirie No 1. It is earthfast and measures 1.3m by 1.2m; the cist itself is not visible.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (TRG) 2 November 1976
This cist, which was discovered in the 19th century and excavated by Bryce at the beginning of the 20th century, is situated in a field of improved pasture 200m NE of Auchintirrie farmsteading (NS06SE 441). The present farmer has covered the cist with a mound of earth to protect it, but the SW edge of the capstone has since been exposed by erosion.
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, PJD) 6 July 2009.
Field Visit (1915)
Desk Based Assessment (5 July 1972)
(NS 0550 6396) Stone Cist Found (NAT)
OS 6" map (1957)
This cist - Auchantirie No 1 - was opened by the farmer many years ago, but its contents were not removed. The cover stone is an irregular slab 4ft 3ins x 4ft 2ins x 7 1/2ins. The cist itself measures 2 ft 10ins x 1ft 9ins x 1ft 6ins deep. It contained a skull, bones and fragments of an urn. There is no trace of any cairn. (See also NS06SE 22).
Information from OS (IF) 5 July 1972
T H Bryce 1904
Field Visit (2 November 1976)
Situated near the crest of a gentle ridge in cultivated land is the cover stone of a cist - Auchantirie No 1. It is earthfast and measures 1.3m by 1.2m; the cist itself is not visible.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (TRG) 2 November 1976
Field Visit (6 July 2009)
This cist, which was discovered in the 19th century and excavated by Bryce at the beginning of the 20th century, is situated in a field of improved pasture 200m NE of Auchintirrie farmsteading (NS06SE 441). The present farmer has covered the cist with a mound of earth to protect it, but the SW edge of the capstone has since been exposed by erosion.
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, PJD) 6 July 2009.
