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Bute, Kerrycroy Bridge

Short Cist (Bronze Age), Food Vessel (Bronze Age), Necklace (Jet)(Bronze Age)

Site Name Bute, Kerrycroy Bridge

Classification Short Cist (Bronze Age), Food Vessel (Bronze Age), Necklace (Jet)(Bronze Age)

Alternative Name(s) West Lodge, Heather Lodge, Mountstuart

Canmore ID 40722

Site Number NS16SW 3

NGR NS 10483 60922

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

C14 Radiocarbon Dating

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Kingarth
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Buteshire

Archaeology Notes

NS16SW 3 10483 60922.

(NS 1049 6092) Cist found AD 1887 (NAT).

OS 6" map (1957)

A cist, 4' x 2" x 18" wide was found on 23rd March 1887, close beside the West Lodge, Mountstuart, above Kerrycroy burn. In his letter describing the find, the Marquess of Bute says the cover-stone was found c 18" below the surface of a mound hitherto thought natural, but which he now thought must be the remains of a tumulus. The cist contained a crouched burial with a (? trepanned) skull, a jet necklace and a food vessel (type C2), also what had possibly been a bronze ring and pin.

The finds were donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] in 1888 - Accession nos EQ - 100-102.

NMAS 1892; J K Hewison 1893; T H Bryce 1904; V G Childe 1946

There is no trace of either a cist or a mound at the published site.

Visited by OS (BS) 22 October 1976

The cist was rediscovered as a result of information from Mr Billy Sheilds (Countryside Ranger), and it lies under a rhododendron bush on the E side of the estate road opposite Heather Lodge (NS16SW 62). The exposed capstone comprises a red sandstone slab that measures 1.5m by 1m and at least 170mm in thickness, and lies flush with the ground.

Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH), 19 May 2009.

Activities

Trial Trench (23 March 1887)

Reference (1892)

Reference (1893)

Reference (1904)

Reference (1946)

Field Visit (22 October 1976)

There is no trace of either a cist or a mound at the published site.

Visited by OS (BS) 22 October 1976

Reference (1985)

Field Visit (19 May 2009)

The cist was rediscovered as a result of information from Mr Billy Sheilds, and it lies under a rhododendron bush on the E side of the estate road opposite Heather Lodge. The exposed capstone comprises a red sandstone slab that measures 1.5m by 1m and at least 170mm in thickness, and lies flush with the ground.

Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH) 19 May 2009.

Note

A cist, 4' x 2" x 18" wide was found on 23rd March 1887, close beside the West Lodge, Mountstuart, above Kerrycroy burn. In his letter describing the find, the Marquess of Bute says the cover-stone was found c 18" below the surface of a mound hitherto thought natural, but which he now thought must be the remains of a tumulus. The cist contained a crouched burial with a (? trepanned) skull, a jet necklace and a food vessel (type C2), also what had possibly been a bronze ring and pin.

The finds were donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] in 1888 - Accession nos EQ - 100-102.

J K Hewison 1893; T H Bryce 1904; NMAS 1892; V G Childe 1946

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