Bute, Cnoc-na-mhanan
Short Cist (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Food Vessel
Site Name Bute, Cnoc-na-mhanan
Classification Short Cist (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age), Food Vessel
Alternative Name(s) Cist 3, Kildavannan
Canmore ID 239544
Site Number NS06NW 87
NGR NS 02530 66835
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/239544
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish North Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Buteshire
NS06NW 87 02530 66835
NS 0253 6685 A possible short cist on Kildavanan Farm was reported to Bute Museum, and in August 2002 the site was visited to ascertain whether this was a newly discovered cist, or, possibly, the remains of a cist previously excavated in the same area. The site lies at 98m OD on level ground at the upper part of the field and NE of a grassy knoll known as Cnoc-na-mhanan.
The cist was found to be undisturbed. Internally it measured 0.85m N-S by 0.52m E-W, and 0.5m deep below the upper edges of the side stones. It had been placed within a carefully cut pit approximately 1.7m N-S and 1.2m E-W. A mineralised organic deposit extended over much of the base. At the SW, and in a deposit of yellow clay and gravel, a small, intact, cord-decorated Food Vessel was uncovered, lying on its side. A token amount of burnt bone was found near the mouth of the Food Vessel, and other fragments were scattered over the organic deposit. Below the organic deposit, the base of the cist comprised carefully laid fragments of schist. A lower layer of paving had been placed on the E to provide a level base. Samples of all the deposits were collected for study.
Glasgow University students carried out a geophysical survey to identify any potential cist sites in the adjacent area. The cist has been refilled and the capstone replaced. Permission to excavate was given by Mr Duncan Lyon of Kildavanan Farm.
Sponsors: HS, Buteshire Natural History Society, St Andrews Heritage Services, Mr D Lyon.
E Proudfoot, B Proudfoot, A Speirs 2002
NS 0253 6685 Magnetometry and resistivity survey were conducted in the immediate vicinity of a recently excavated cist at Kildavanan (DES 2002, 23). This revealed discrete dipolar anomalies and possible indications of a surrounding ditch feature.
Sponsor: University of Glasgow - Dept Archaeology.
N Finlay, L Sharpe 2003
All that is now visible of this cist is its capstone, which was found on the date of visit lying on the surface of a ploughed field some 290m NW of Kildavannan farmsteading.
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, ARG) 17 March 2009.
Excavation (August 2002)
NS 0253 6685 A possible short cist on Kildavanan Farm was reported to Bute Museum, and in August 2002 the site was visited to ascertain whether this was a newly discovered cist, or, possibly, the remains of a cist previously excavated in the same area. The site lies at 98m OD on level ground at the upper part of the field and NE of a grassy knoll known as Cnoc-na-mhanan.
The cist was found to be undisturbed. Internally it measured 0.85m N-S by 0.52m E-W, and 0.5m deep below the upper edges of the side stones. It had been placed within a carefully cut pit approximately 1.7m N-S and 1.2m E-W. A mineralised organic deposit extended over much of the base. At the SW, and in a deposit of yellow clay and gravel, a small, intact, cord-decorated Food Vessel was uncovered, lying on its side. A token amount of burnt bone was found near the mouth of the Food Vessel, and other fragments were scattered over the organic deposit. Below the organic deposit, the base of the cist comprised carefully laid fragments of schist. A lower layer of paving had been placed on the E to provide a level base. Samples of all the deposits were collected for study.
Glasgow University students carried out a geophysical survey to identify any potential cist sites in the adjacent area. The cist has been refilled and the capstone replaced. Permission to excavate was given by Mr Duncan Lyon of Kildavanan Farm.
Sponsors: HS, Buteshire Natural History Society, St Andrews Heritage Services, Mr D Lyon.
E Proudfoot, B Proudfoot, A Speirs 2002
Magnetometry (2002)
NS 0253 6685 Magnetometry and resistivity survey were conducted in the immediate vicinity of a recently excavated cist at Kildavanan (DES 2002, 23). This revealed discrete dipolar anomalies and possible indications of a surrounding ditch feature.
Sponsor: University of Glasgow - Dept Archaeology.
N Finlay, L Sharpe 2003
Resistivity (2002)
NS 0253 6685 Magnetometry and resistivity survey were conducted in the immediate vicinity of a recently excavated cist at Kildavanan (DES 2002, 23). This revealed discrete dipolar anomalies and possible indications of a surrounding ditch feature.
Sponsor: University of Glasgow - Dept Archaeology.
N Finlay, L Sharpe 2003
Field Visit (17 March 2009)
All that is now visible of this cist is its capstone, which was found on the date of visit lying on the surface of a ploughed field some 290m NW of Kildavannan farmsteading.
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, ARG) 17 March 2009.
