CAVE BURIAL

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

Covesea Cave 1

Also known as Giant's Dome

Excavation

University of Bradford, 2018.

Curation

?Elgin Museum; National Museum of Scotland

Burials

MNI: 1

Finds

worked bone, worked flints, pottery, animal bone.

Dates

PeriodReliability
Early Bronze Age14C date obtained directly on human remains

14C

3731 bp (SUERC-61925) on human bone.

Field Glossary

Drainie

Moray

Scotland

NGR: NJ 1745 7065

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External References

National Monuments RecordNJ17SE 3
Scottish Cave and Mine Database2296
RCAHMS Identification16280

Bibliography

Hume, B. & Armit, I. (2024) A light in dark places: later prehistoric mortuary activity in caves in Scotland and northern England. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 90: 85-103.

Article Author Graham Mullan