Gasworks Cave, Kilmore and Kilbride, Argyll and Bute


NGR: NM 8605 3005

NMR: NM83SE 5

Canmore: 23062

SCD: 2290

Excavation: 1877.

Curation: National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, Edinburgh (HL378-380).

Burials: MNI: 1+

Finds: Bronze Age pottery, flint flake, marine shells.

Date: ?Bronze Age (4)

14C: -

Bibliography:

Newell, R.R. et al. (1979) The skeletal remains of Mesolithic man in Western Europe: an evaluative catalogue. Journal of Human Evolution 8: 1-228.

Oldham, A.D. (1975) The Caves of Scotland. Privately printed.

Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (1975) Argyll, an Inventory of the Ancient Monuments, volume 1: Lorn. RCAHMS, Edinburgh.

Turner, W. (1895) On human and animal remains found in caves at Oban, Argyllshire. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 29: 410-438.

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