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<< Image Pages >> Ardrossan Shell Mound - Artificial Mound in Scotland in North Ayrshire

Submitted by durhamnature on Sunday, 07 October 2012  Page Views: 3474

Multi-periodSite Name: Ardrossan Shell Mound
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.295 km away from the location you searched for.

County: North Ayrshire Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Ardrossan
Map Ref: NS23134218
Latitude: 55.640893N  Longitude: 4.811807W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Ardrossan Shell Mound
Ardrossan Shell Mound submitted by durhamnature : Plan and cross sections of the mound, from Ayrshire Archaeology via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)
Artificial Mound in North Ayrshire

Canmore Site 41144

A shell-mound, measuring 31m by 5m, on the south west side of Cannon Hill, close to Ardrossan railway station, was excavated by Smith. Its length was mostly overhung by the rock face, which had formed a rock-shelter, occupied at intervals over a considerable period of time.

Prior to Smith's excavation, the railway workings had cut a longitudinal section in the mound, which overlay a 30cm layer of raised beach sand. The mound was composed of shells, mainly periwinkle and limpet, and animal bones.
Relics found included a stone 'anchor' with a groove cut round it for a rope, a possible stone sinker, fragments of very coarse, hand-made pottery, also some pieces of wheel-turned, glazed pottery, a bone chisel, two bone needles, etc. Human bones, some of which were exhibited in Glasgow in 1911, on loan from Smith, were also found.

Bone implements and a hammerstone from this site were donated to the NMAS from the collection of the late J Smith in 1931 (Acc. nos. HR 840-6).
There are now no traces of this shell mound.

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