Coilsfield
Cist (Bronze Age), Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Bronze Age), Food Vessel Urn (Bronze Age)
Site Name Coilsfield
Classification Cist (Bronze Age), Cup And Ring Marked Stone (Bronze Age), Food Vessel Urn (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 42713
Site Number NS42NW 13
NGR NS 448 262
NGR Description NS c. 448 262
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/42713
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Tarbolton
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS42NW 13 c. 448 262
NS 448 262 (R W B Morris 1967). A cist containing a food vessel filled with burnt bones was found when digging a gravel pit at Coilsfield. The cover-stone, which measured about 5ft by 2 1/2ft was sculptured with cup and ring marks, spirals etc. A drawing of it was presented to the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Col. Hugh Montgomery of Shielmorly in 1785,and subsequently transferred to the Society of Antiquaries. The present location of the food vessel and cist cover is unknown.
D Wilson 1963; J Y Simpson 1868; D D A Simpson 1965; A Morrison 1978; Morris and Bailey 1966
No further information.
Visited by OS (JRL) 18 November 1980.
Note (1985)
Coilsfield NS c. 44 26 NS42NW 13
Before 1785 a cist with a decorated cover slab (now lost) was discovered at Coilsfield; what may have been a Food Vessel (now lost) containing a cremation was found in the cist.
RCAHMS 1985.
(Wilson 1963, i, 481; Simpson 1866, 27-8; Simpson 1965, 38, no. 9; Morris and Bailey 1966, 158, no. 4).