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Multi-periodSite Name: Ardeer Sands Alternative Name: Ardeer Neolithic Settlement; Stevenston SandsCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.38 km away from the location you searched for.
County: North Ayrshire Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Stevenston Nearest Village: Dreghorn
Map Ref: NS2857740455
Latitude: 55.627363N Longitude: 4.724297W
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| 2 | A long walk |
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Ancient Village or Settlement in North Ayrshire
A Neolithic Settlement along the Ardeer Peninsula on the Ayrshire coast.
Until about 350 years ago Ardeer was an island, with the coastline being further inland than it is at present. Now surrounded by the River Garnock to the East, River Irvine to the South and Irvine Bay to the West, it once had a sea channel to the North. NEOLITHIC FINDS from the sand dunes of Ardeer include 54 Flint Arrowheads (48 of which were barbed) a Flint Spearhead, 24 Knives, 167 Scrapers, a Tardenosian type of Notched Tool, a Stone Hammer and a pierced Shale Disc. BRONZE AGE FINDS include a Socketed Gouge, part of a Bronze Age Bead, a Bronze Pin, a flat dark Blue Glass Bead, Shale Rings & Armlets. Most of these finds were by "John Smith" around the time of 1895 (An Iron Age Sword and Viking Silver were also found on the Peninsula)
During a wild storm just over a century ago Misk Knowes Cairn was revealed when high winds caused the drifting of sand to uncover an oval Cairn. Made from about eighty water-rolled boulders, it's size was recorded as being 4.5m x 3m, and 1m high in the centre.
When "Ludovic McLellan Mann" excavated the Cairn in 1906 he found the remains of at least sixteen bucket-shaped Cinerary Urns, with four of them having been sealed with plugs of half-baked or unbaked clay. As well as having Cremations inside them some of the Urns contained White Quartz Pebbles, with one in particular having six small White Quartz Pebbles and a Reddish Quartz Pebble the size of a hen's egg embedded in the soft clay cover which sealed it. One Urn contained traces of thin Gold Leaf, two Segmented Beads, and one star-shaped Faience Bead. Also found was a Cremation covered by soft clay, but not accompanied by an Urn.
The site of the Cairn was unfortunately destroyed sometime around the mid 1930's when the area was built over and industrialised.
At 22km long Irvine Bay is famous for its long sweeping sandy beaches, and views across to the Island of Arran 25km to the West. The Ardeer Sands Settlement & the Shewalton Moor Settlement are now separated by a narrow stretch of shallow water were the River Irvine enters the sea, but at one time may have been connected, as both the River Irvine and the River Garnock have both changed course at some point over the last 500~1,000 years.
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