CAVE BURIAL

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

Saint Medan’s Cave

Excavation

1870; H. Maxwell, 1885.

Curation

?

Burials

MNI: 1+

Finds

Flints, worked antler, animal bone.

Dates

PeriodReliability
UnknownNo reliable dating information available

14C

-

Field Glossary

Kirkmaiden

Dumfries and Galloway

Scotland

NGR: NX 1437 3159

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External References

National Monuments RecordNX13SW 10
Scottish Cave and Mine Database1360
RCAHMS Identification61044

Bibliography

Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (1912) Fourth Report and Inventory of Monuments and Constructions in Galloway, I, County of Wigtown. RCAHMS, Edinburgh.

Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (1985) The Archaeological Sites and Monuments of West Rhins, Wigtown District, Dumfires and Galloway Region. RCAHMS, Edinburgh.

Trotter, R. & Maxwell, H.E. (1886) Notice of the excavation of St Medan’s Cave and Chapel, Kirkmaiden, Wigtownshire. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 20: 76-86.

Article Author Graham Mullan