CAVE BURIAL

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

Gasworks Cave

Excavation

1877.

Curation

National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, Edinburgh (HL378-380).

Burials

MNI: 1+

Finds

Bronze Age pottery, flint flake, marine shells.

Dates

PeriodReliability
Bronze AgeStratigraphical context of human remains indeterminate

14C

-

Field Glossary

Kilmore and Kilbride

Argyll and Bute

Scotland

NGR: NM 8605 3005

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External References

National Monuments RecordNM83SE 5
Scottish Cave and Mine Database2290
RCAHMS Identification23062

Bibliography

Newell, R.R. et al. (1979) The skeletal remains of Mesolithic man in Western Europe: an evaluative catalogue. Journal of Human Evolution 8: 1-228.

Oldham, A.D. (1975) The Caves of Scotland. Privately printed.

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

Turner, W. (1895) On human and animal remains found in caves at Oban, Argyllshire. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 29: 410-438.

Article Author Graham Mullan