Islay, Starchmill
Cist (Bronze Age)
Site Name Islay, Starchmill
Classification Cist (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Slarchmill
Canmore ID 37774
Site Number NR36SW 9
NGR NR 3418 6115
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Killarow And Kilmeny
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR36SW 9 3440 6112
(Name: NR 3440 6112) Stone cist found A.D. 1847 (NAT)
OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1900)
A 'stone coffin' about 6ft in length by 2ft broad, similar to that described on NR36SE 3, was found here in 1847.
Name Book 1878.
The siting falls on the edge of a gravelly bank above a dry burn. Nothing is visible, and the farmer reports no finds here.
Visited by OS (J R L), 31 May 1978.
Field Visit (June 1977)
NR 344 611. Nothing survives of a cist, measuring about 1.8m in length and 0.6m in breadth, which was found at Starchmill in 1847 (ONB 1878).
RCAHMS 1984, visited June 1977
