Excavation of a Bronze Age ring cairn at Cloburn Quarry, Cairngryffe Hill, Lanarkshire

Olivia Lelong (Author)

Tony Pollard (Author)

J A Roberts (Contributor)

I A G Shepherd (Contributor)


Keywords:
Funerary Structure, Stone Artefact, Timber Posts Cremation Pits, Cremated Bone, Ring Cairn, Pottery, Cremations, Pit, Beads
Period(s):
Bronze Age, Mesolithic, Early Neolithic, Neolithic

Abstract


Reports on work carried out over a number of seasons beginning in 1986 which revealed a complex funerary structure in the form of a pre-cairn monument with a central scoop, encircled by rings of timber posts, cremation pits and stone, followed by later pit and stone arrangements containing cremations. There are specialist contributions on: `The cremated bone' by Julie A Roberts (119--23); `The pottery' by Olivia Lelong (123--30) which includes Early Neolithic material; `Jet beads and button' by Ian A G Shepherd (130--2); and the `Stone artefact assemblage' by Tony Pollard (132--6) pieces of which may represent Mesolithic or Neolithic activity.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.128.105.142

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Published
30-11-1999
How to Cite
Lelong, O., Pollard, T., Roberts, J. A., & Shepherd, I. A. G. (1999). Excavation of a Bronze Age ring cairn at Cloburn Quarry, Cairngryffe Hill, Lanarkshire. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 128, 105–142. https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.128.105.142
Issue
Vol. 128 (1999)
Section
Articles
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.128.105.142

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