Gigha, East Tarbert Bay
Cist (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Gigha, East Tarbert Bay
Classification Cist (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) East Tarbet Bay; 'the Old Wife's Grave'
Canmore ID 38600
Site Number NR65SE 15
NGR NR 6557 5245
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/38600
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Gigha And Cara
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR65SE 15 6557 5245
(NR 6557 5245) Anderson (1939) mentions a cist, known locally as 'The Old Wife's Grave', situated on the public road aobut 185m N of the standing stone (NR65SE 22); the covere slab was approximately level with the surface of the road. When the road was being remade the cist was found to be 1.1m long, 0.8m broad and about 0.6m deep, but it contained no relics.
Nothing can now be seen of it.
R S G Anderson 1939; RCAHMS 1971.
No change to RCAHMS report.
Visited by OS (J M) 18 January 1978.