CAVE BURIAL

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

Nether Warburton Cave


Excavation

1847.

Curation

Angus District Museum, Montrose (1977.72).

Burials

MNI: 1+

Finds

Pottery, animal bones.

Dates

PeriodReliability
UnknownNo reliable dating information available

14C

-

Additional Notes

Destroyed by cliff fall

St Cyrus

Aberdeenshire

Scotland

NGR: NO 736 633

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External References

National Monuments RecordNO76SW 19
Scottish Cave and Mine Database2623
RCAHMS Identification36351

Bibliography

Beattie, W. (1860) Notice of a bone cave near Montrose. Report of the Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 99-100.

Bryson, A. (1850) Remarks on a bone cave near the mouth of the North Esk. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 49: 253-255.

Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (1982) The Archaeological Sites and Monuments of South Kincardine, Kincardine and Deeside District, Grampian Region.

Article Author Graham Mullan