CAVE BURIAL

Gazetteer of Caves, Fissures and Rock Shelters in Britain Containing Human Remains

Cave of the Skulls

Also known as Uamh nan Claigionn


Excavation

18th and 19th century.

Curation

?

Burials

MNI: 1+

Finds

?

Dates

PeriodReliability
UnknownNo reliable dating information available

14C

-

Kilmore and Kilbride

Argyll and Bute

Scotland

NGR: NM 8484 2936

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External References

National Monuments RecordNM82NW 2
Scottish Cave and Mine Database528
RCAHMS Identification22946

Bibliography

Ordnance Survey (1870) Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey 19: 60-61.

Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (1975) Argyll, an Inventory of the Ancient Monuments, volume 1: Lorn. RCAHMS, Edinburgh.

Saville, A. & Hallen, Y. (1994) The ‘Obanian Iron Age’: human remains from the Oban cave sites, Argyll, Scotland. Antiquity 68: 715-723.

Tolan-Smith, C. (2001) The Caves of Mid Argyll: an Archaeology of Human Use. SAS Monograph Series 20. Edinburgh.

Article Author Graham Mullan