CAVE BURIAL

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

Glennan


Excavation

G. MacGregor, 2000.

Curation

?

Burials

MNI: 1 (adult, cremation).

Finds

Food vessel, retouched flint flake, charcoal, animal bone.

Dates

PeriodReliability
Early Bronze Age14C date obtained on organic material closely associated with a burial, or, undated human remains closely associated with diagnostic prehistoric artifects or other datable material

14C

4495 bp (AA-45411) on charcoal; 700 bp (OxA-10281) on charcoal; 3615 bp (GrA-24861) on charcoal.

Kilmartin

Argyll and Bute

Scotland

NGR: NM 8622 0097

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External References

National Monuments RecordNM80SE 84
RCAHMS Identification183415

Bibliography

MacGregor, G. (2000) Glennan, Ford, Argyll and Bute (Kilmartin parish), cinerary urn. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1:16.

MacGregor, G. (2003) Excavation of an urned cremation burial of the Bronze Age, Glennan, Argyll and Bute. Scottish Archaeological Internet Report 8.

Article Author Graham Mullan