CAVE BURIAL

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

Covesea Cave 2

Excavation

G.L. Darge, 1960s;L. Buster & I. Armit, 2014.

Curation

National Museum of Scotland

Burials

MNI: 1+

Finds

Bone pins, prehistoric pottery, historic pottery, worked flints, animal bones.

Dates

PeriodReliability
Late Bronze Age14C date obtained directly on human remains

14C

2738 bp (SUERC-68715), 2757 bp (SUERC-67816) on human bone.

Field Glossary

Drainie

Moray

Scotland

NGR: NJ 1742 7062

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External References

National Monuments RecordNJ17SE 3
Scottish Cave and Mine Database2100
RCAHMS Identification16280

Bibliography

Buster, L. (2014) The Covesea Caves Project.

Buster, L. & Armit, I. (2015). Moray, Occupation Cave 2, Covesea, Excavation, terrestrial laser scanning and acoustic recording. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 15: 135.

Keillar, I. (1969) Covesea, Parish of Duffus, caves. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland: 34.

Sheridan, A. et al. (2019) A summary round-up list of Scottish archaeological human remains that have been sampled/analysed for DNA as of January 2019. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 19: 227-250.

Article Author Graham Mullan