Covesea Cave 1 (Giant's Dome), Drainie, Moray


NGR: NJ 1745 7065

NMR: NJ17SE 3

Canmore: 16280

SCD: 2296

Excavation: University of Bradford, 2018.

Curation: ?Elgin Museum; National Museum of Scotland

Burials: MNI: 1

Finds: worked bone, worked flints, pottery, animal bone.

Date: Early Bronze Age (1)

14C: 3731 bp (SUERC-61925) on human bone.

Bibliography:

Hume, B. & Armit, I. (2024) A light in dark places: later prehistoric mortuary activity in caves in Scotland and northern England. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 90: 85-103.

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