Notes on the Discovery of a Cist at Stairhaven, Wigtownshire: With a Report on the Bones

R S G Anderson; Thomas H Bryce

doi:10.9750/PSAS.055.53.54

Notes on the Discovery of a Cist at Stairhaven, Wigtownshire

With a Report on the Bones

R S G Anderson (Author)

Thomas H Bryce (Contributor)

Keywords:
Flint Scraper, Cremated Human Bone

Period(s):
Early Iron Age

Abstract

A feature thought to be a hut circle proved to be a dilapidated cairn. A short cist was located just off centre. It contained a Food Vessel, a deposit of cremated human bone, three quartz pebbles and a flint scraper. The remains were identified as an adult of uncertain sex.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.055.53.54

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Published

30-11-1921

How to Cite

Anderson, R. S. G., & Bryce, T. H. (1921). Notes on the Discovery of a Cist at Stairhaven, Wigtownshire: With a Report on the Bones. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 55, 53–54. https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.055.53.54