Finnarts Hill
Cairn (Bronze Age), Cist (Bronze Age), Food Vessel (Bronze Age)
Site Name Finnarts Hill
Classification Cairn (Bronze Age), Cist (Bronze Age), Food Vessel (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Blairbuie
Canmore ID 60912
Site Number NX07SE 7
NGR NX 05132 74052
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/60912
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Ballantrae (Kyle And Carrick)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NX07SE 7 0513 7405.
NX 0510 7406. A cairn 13.5m diameter and 0.7m max height, turf-covered but with stone protruding and with, exposed at a depth of about 0.6m, a short cist in which a food vessel was found during a partial excavation by S R C Symes, Belfast, about 1944. The cist had apparently been built in a natural hollow in the rock and an unusual feature is the cover, a 2m by 0.8m wide block of greywracke sharply arched both inside and out. The food vessel, a tripartite bowl, was donated to the NMAS by Lord Inchcape in 1946 (Acc No EE 138).
(R S G Anderson 1944; A Young 1953; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1948)
Visited by OS (JD) 4 November 1955
NX 05137405 No change to previous field report.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (BS) 19 May 1976
(NX 0513 7405) Cairn (NR)
OS 1:10000 map (1978)
Field Visit (May 1981)
Finnarts Hill 1 NX 051 740 NX07SE 7
On the SW shoulder of Finnarts Hill, 240m SW of the ritual enclosure NX07SE 6, there is a cairn measuring about 8m in diameter; the capstone of a cist, which contained a Food Vessel (NMAS EE 138), is visible at its centre.
RCAHMS 1981, visited May 1981
(Smith 1895, 229; Anderson 1944; Young 1951, 42; Simpson 1965, 38)
Desk Based Assessment (November 2010 - July 2015)
CFA Archaeology Ltd undertook an assessment of the potential effects of the proposed Glen App Windfarm (the Development) on cultural heritage.
All historic environmental features within the development area were identified and the nature of effects on these features discussed.
Funder: Land Use Consultants Ltd
CFA Archaeology Ltd
