Marshall, D. N. and Taylor, I. D. (1976). The excavation of the chambered cairn at Glenvoidean, Isle of Bute. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 108. Vol 108, pp. 1-39.

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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
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Volume:		 108
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Page Start/End:		 1 - 39
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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
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Author:		 Dorothy N Marshall
Isabel D D Taylor
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Year of Publication:		 1976
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Neolithic (Auto Detected Temporal)
Vessels (Auto Detected Subject)
SHERD (Object England)
Round Cairn (Auto Detected Subject)
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Cairn (Auto Detected Subject)
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Axial Chamber (Auto Detected Subject)
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Created Date:		 05 Dec 2008