| Title: |
Excavations at Dunure Road, Ayrshire: a Bronze Age cist cemetery and standing stone
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| Issue: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 137 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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| Volume: |
137
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| Page Start/End: |
69 - 116 |
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| Licence Type: |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
Reports the excavation of a cist cemetery and a standing stone on the Firth of Clyde. Eighteen cists, dated to the Early Bronze Age, were discovered. Thirteen of these contained human remains and/or artefacts. At the beginning of the second millennium BC these cists were covered by a mound; there is evidence to suggest further burials were inserted into the mound, though these do not survive. During the late second millennium BC a standing stone was erected approximately 35m to the north of the cist cemetery. Deposits of cremated human bone were associated with the construction of the mound, allowing precise dating of this event. |
| Year of Publication: |
2007
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Late Second Millennium Bc (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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EARLY BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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| Cist Cemetery (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Mound (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Artefacts (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Stone (Auto Detected Subject) |
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FUNERARY SITE
(Monument Type England)
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| Cremated Human Bone (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
(ADS Archive)
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| Created Date: |
27 May 2010 |
