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Swaites Hill
Burial Cairn (Bronze Age), Cist(S) (Bronze Age), Rapier (Middle Bronze Age), Unidentified Flint(S) (Prehistoric), Unidentified Pottery (Bronze Age) - (Iron Age)
Site Name Swaites Hill
Classification Burial Cairn (Bronze Age), Cist(S) (Bronze Age), Rapier (Middle Bronze Age), Unidentified Flint(S) (Prehistoric), Unidentified Pottery (Bronze Age) - (Iron Age)
Canmore ID 47645
Site Number NS94SE 16
NGR NS 9517 4137
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47645
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Pettinain
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS94SE 16 9517 4137.
(NS 9517 4137) Cairn (NR)
OS 1:10000 map (1978)
The slight remains of a cairn (first noted by OS (EGC) 29 January 1968) measuring 12m in diameter. The centre has been almost totally removed, leaving only a stony rim 0.5m high.
RCAHMS 1978, visited 1976
Field Visit (April 1976)
At NS 951 413 there are the slight remains of a cairn measuring 12 m in diameter. The centre has been almost totally removed, leaving only a low stony rim 0.5 m high.
RCAHMS 1978, visited April 1976
Archaeological Evaluation (7 April 2015 - 20 April 2015)
A programme of archaeological investigative works was carried out for Cloburn Quarry Development Ltd in respect of the quarry extension at Cloburn Quarry, Lanark, South Lanarkshire (CL/14/0140). The archaeological works were designed to determine the archaeological potential of the development area and hence inform the specification for mitigation of the impact on the archaeological remains within the development area. The works showed that previously identified structure (Canmore ID:47645) was in all likelihood a prehistoric cairn, with the presence of struck flint further supporting a prehistoric date for the feature.
Information from OASIS ID: rathmell1-205103 (D Gordon) 2015
Excavation (20 February 2015 - 31 October 2015)
A programme of archaeological works was required by Cloburn Quarry Development Ltd in respect of the quarry extension at Cloburn Quarry, Lanark, South Lanarkshire (Planning ref: CL/14/0140). The archaeological works were designed to mitigate the impact on an identified cairn identified within the development area. During these works the Bronze Age cairn was fully excavated and shown to have consisted of two concentric annular kerbs, with two cists present within the space defined by the inner kerb. Two cremations where recovered from within one of these cists while a third possible urned cremation was identified within the larger cairn. Artefacts recovered included Bronze Age and Iron Age pottery along with flint tools. In addition a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy Rapier was also recovered from within the cairn fabric. The cairn, including the cists, had clearly been extensively disturbed in relatively recent time (i.e. after the late 18th century) with displaced cairn fabric cast to the NE and SW. This displaced material, and possibly the primary cairn, also appear to have been subsequently robbed of stone.
Information from OASIS ID: rathmell1-228503 (D Gordon) 2015
