Benderloch (Uamh Caillich), Ardchattan and Muckairn, Argyll and Bute


NGR: NM 9051 3799

NMR: NM93NW 55

Canmore: 295378

SCD: 80

Excavation: L. Dunbar & S. Lynchehaun, 2007.

Curation: ?

Burials: MNI: 3 (2 adults, 1 juvenile).

Finds: Food vessel, flint and quartz artefacts, worked bone, animal bones.

Date: Neolithic (1)

14C: 3655, 3675, 3680, 3605 bp (SUERC 17906 to 17909) on human bone.

Bibliography:

Dunbar, L. & Lynchehaun, S. (2007) Cliff House, Benderloch, Oban, Argyll and Bute (Ardchattan and Muckairn parish), archaeological survey, excavation. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 8: 34.

Dunbar, L. & Thoms, J. (2008) Human Remains in Cave Deposits at Benderloch, Oban. Summary Report. AOC Archaeology Group, Loanhead.

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