CAVE BURIAL

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

Saint Columba’s Cave

Excavation

M.E.M. Donaldson, 1930; M. Campbell, 1959.

Curation

?

Burials

MNI: 14+

Finds

Flint and quartz artefacts, pottery (Early Neolithic, Bronze Age, Early Iron Age, Roman, Medieval and Post-Medieval), bone and antler artefacts, animal bones.

Dates

PeriodReliability
UnknownStratigraphical context of human remains indeterminate

14C

-

Field Glossary

South Knapdale

Argyll and Bute

Scotland

NGR: NR 7512 7679

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External References

National Monuments RecordNR77NE 10
Scottish Cave and Mine Database2988
RCAHMS Identification39012

Bibliography

Campbell, M. (1959-76) St Columba’s Cave, Ellary. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1959:7; 1962:7; 1973:11; 1975:16; 1976:18.

Campbell, M. & Sandeman, M. (1964) Mid Argyll: an archaeological survey. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 95: 1-125.

Campbell, M. & Young, C. J. (1973) St Columba’s Cave. The Kist 3-12.

Tolan-Smith, C. (2001) The Caves of Mid Argyll: an Archaeology of Human Use. SAS Monograph Series 20. Edinburgh.

Article Author Graham Mullan