Silvermuir
Cist (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Silvermuir
Classification Cist (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Silvermoor
Canmore ID 47632
Site Number NS94NW 5
NGR NS 91 45
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47632
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Carstairs
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS94NW 5 91 45.
A short cist containing an adult male skelton, the imperfect skull of which is in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS, Accession no: ET 13) was found on 10th November 1847, during excavations for the Caledonian Railway near Silvermoor (NS 9145). D Rankin 1876; W Turner 1915
Listed. No further information.
RCAHMS 1978
Site recorded during an archaeological evaluation conducted on 30 alternative route elements, with a combined length of c84km, for a proposed road linking the M8 near Whitburn, Lothian Region with the M6/M74 near Douglas, Clydesdale District.
An illustrated report will be deposited with the NMRS.
Sponsor: Roads Directorate of The Scottish Office Industry Department, managed on its behalf by Historic Scotland.
A J Dunwell and R J Strachan 1995.
