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West Kilbride, Seamill

Chapel (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Cist(S) (Period Unassigned)

Site Name West Kilbride, Seamill

Classification Chapel (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Cist(S) (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 41000

Site Number NS24NW 13

NGR NS 204 472

NGR Description NS c. 204 472

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/41000

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Administrative Areas

  • Council North Ayrshire
  • Parish West Kilbride
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Cunninghame
  • Former County Ayrshire

Archaeology Notes

NS24NW 13c. 204 472.

Fourteen cists, containing skeletons were found at Seamill, near the Sanatorium (at NS 204 472) when making the road in 1878. One of the cists, which contained only a little dark-coloured earth, was much smaller than the others; it had possibly held the body of an infant. (This may have been a Bronze Age cist; Bronze Age burials have been found nearby - see NS24NW 11). The supposed stone of another cist was dug up in 1896 when laying a gas pipe in the area. The cists, of Early Christian date, were oriented E-W. This cemetery, and the nearby place names of "Chapelton" and "Chapelhouse", would indicate that this was the site of an early church or chapel.

J Lamb 1896

No further information; the area to the N of the road (Glenbride Road) is now developed.

Visited by OS (JRL) 25 October 1982.

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