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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Barbieston Farm cistCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.761 km away from the location you searched for.
County: East Ayrshire Type: Cist
Nearest Village: Skeldon
Map Ref: NS36751417
Latitude: 55.394236N Longitude: 4.579152W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Cist in East Ayrshire.
Canmore Site 41634
In 1804 while forming a new approach road to the house at Skeldon on Barbieston Farm, a small gravel hillock was cut through, and a stone coffin containing the decayed skeleton of a large-sized person was unearthed. An urn was also present.
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