Monument record MHG40195 - Bronze Age Cists, Woodside
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 5909 6519 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH56NE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | KILTEARN |
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Full Description
1888 2 cists were found 22m apart in morainic mound at Aonach on farm of Drummond. Each contained an inhumation and one was accompanied by a Food Vessel and a fragment of bronze (RMS(NMAS) EQ 601-2).
W J Watson 1889; RCAHMS 1979. <1>,<2>
An unworked piece of flint found near one of cists was in the possession of Mr W Urquhart, Evanton, in 1890.
PSAS 1890. <3>
Mr Moore, farmer at Drummond, indicated place known as 'The Uonach or Aonach', It is an area of about 40.468 hectarea of generally flat cultivated land centred at NH 594 653. At W end of this area, centred at NH 591 652, three morainic mounds are discernible, merging slightly into one another. There are no remains of cists and it is not possible to say which of 3 mounds contained them.
Visited by OS (RDL) 5 May 1963.
Local information, supplied at a Community Timeline course, held by ARCH, said that this area was known locally as 'The Clan Graves'. No longer visible. <4>
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SHG1273 Text/Publication/Article: Watson, W. 1889. 'Notice of the discovery of two cists with unburnt burials, one containing an urn and a small bronze pin, on the farm of Drummond, parish of Kiltearn, Ross-shire', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 23 1888-9, p.138-9. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 138-9. 138-9.
- <2> SHG2675 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of the Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. . 14, No. 86.
- <3> SHG614 Text/Publication/Article: PSAS. 1890. 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library, with exhibits', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 24 1889-1890, p.6-18,141-6,274-81,378-82,410-15,443-50. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 6-18,141-6,274-81,378-82,. 414.
- <4> SHG24857 Collection/Catalogue/Gazetteer: ARCH and Invidual Participants. 08/2010. Additional information on a number of sites, contributed by participants in ARCH Community Timeline Courses in Evanton and Golspie. Yes. Digital. Alpin MacDonald.
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Record last edited
Aug 24 2010 11:43AM
