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Bute, Ballycurrie

Burial Cairn (Period Unassigned), Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

Site Name Bute, Ballycurrie

Classification Burial Cairn (Period Unassigned), Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 40438

Site Number NS06SW 5

NGR NS 0445 6149

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish North Bute
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Buteshire

Archaeology Notes

NS06SW 5 0446 6149.

(NS 0446 6149) Tumulus (NR) (Site of)

OS 6" map (1957)

There was a standing stone at Ballycurry (NS 046 619); it was removed some years ago.

J Blain 1880

Hewison lists this as an "unopened cairn or barrow".

J K Hewison 1893

This site consisted of a mound or small hillock on which stood two standing stones, which were removed about 1830- 40. In the mound were found two small urns containing ashes (Name Book 1855). Bryce noted "in a fence, however, running over the site, there are some large stones arranged in such a way that I was inclined to believe that they represented the ruins of a chamber". Nothing can now be seen, and the classification of the site is doubtful (T H Bryce 1904).

A S Henshall 1972

There is no trace of a cairn or barrow in this area.

Visited by OS (TRG) 3 November 1976.

Nothing is now visible of this barrow or cairn, the site of which is depicted in a cultivated field about 500m SSW of Ballycurrie farmsteading on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Buteshire 1869, Sheet CCIV). A standing stone is depicted at this location on May's estate map (1780-82), but it had been removed by about 1830-40, when the mound was investigated, revealing bronze age burials (Name Book No.7, p.81). It is not clear what Bryce (1904, 51-2) was referring to when he noted (in a fence running over the site) ‘two large stones’ arranged in such a way as to lead him to believe that they ‘represented the ruins of a chamber’. Neither the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Buteshire 1897, Sheet CCIV.SW) or the 3rd edition, which is dated about 1915, depicts a fence across the site, therefore exactly what Bryce was describing must remain unknown.

Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, JMH) 6 May 2009.

Activities

Antiquarian Mapping (1780 - 1782)

Field Visit (1863)

Reference (1880)

There was a standing stone at Ballycurry (NS 046 619); it was removed some years ago.

J Blain 1880

Reference (1893)

Hewison lists this as an "unopened cairn or barrow".

J K Hewison 1893

Reference (1904)

Reference (21 June 1976)

(NS 0446 6149) Tumulus (NR) (Site of)

OS 6" map (1957)

This site consisted of a mound or small hillock on which stood two standing stones, which were removed about 1830- 40. In the mound were found two small urns containing ashes (Name Book 1855). Bryce noted "in a fence, however, running over the site, there are some large stones arranged in such a way that I was inclined to believe that they represented the ruins of a chamber". Nothing can now be seen, and the classification of the site is doubtful (T H Bryce 1904).

Information from OS (IF) 21 June 1976

A S Henshall 1972

Field Visit (3 November 1976)

There is no trace of a cairn or barrow in this area.

Visited by OS (TRG) 3 November 1976.

Field Visit (6 May 2009)

Nothing is now visible of this barrow or cairn, the site of which is depicted in a cultivated field about 500m SSW of Ballycurrie farmsteading on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Buteshire 1869, Sheet CCIV). A standing stone is depicted at this location on May's estate map (1780-82), but it had been removed by about 1830-40, when the mound was investigated, revealing bronze age burials (Name Book No.7, p.81). It is not clear what Bryce (1904, 51-2) was referring to when he noted (in a fence running over the site) ‘two large stones’ arranged in such a way as to lead him to believe that they ‘represented the ruins of a chamber’. Neither the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Buteshire 1897, Sheet CCIV.SW) or the 3rd edition, which is dated about 1915, depicts a fence across the site, therefore exactly what Bryce was describing must remain unknown.

Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, JMH) 6 May 2009.

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