| Title: |
The excavation of the chambered cairn at Glenvoidean, Isle of Bute
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| Issue: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 108 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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| Volume: |
108
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| Page Start/End: |
1 - 39 |
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| Licence Type: |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
NR 997705. Excavation of this multi-period Clyde cairn revealed a simple axial chamber within a round cairn, to which were added two lateral chambers set in an oval cairn. The whole was then enclosed in a trapezoidal cairn with a straight façade and a forecourt on which fires had been lit before the final blocking. No burials survived, but pottery included Beacharra and Rothesay style vessels. A 14C date was obtained from burnt material beneath a side-slab of the axial chamber. A two-tiered cist, containing an enlarged food vessel, and a medieval corn-drying kiln represent later insertions into the cairn. J G Scott discusses in detail the Rothesay style of Neolithic pottery. A R |
| Year of Publication: |
1976
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Neolithic (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Vessels (Auto Detected Subject) |
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SHERD
(Object England)
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| Round Cairn (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Vessel (Auto Detected Subject) |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| Cairn (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Burnt Material (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Corndrying Kiln (Auto Detected Subject) |
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FUNERARY SITE
(Monument Type England)
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| Axial Chamber (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
(ADS Archive)
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| Created Date: |
05 Dec 2008 |
