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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: MountstuartCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.339 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Isle of Bute Type: Cist
Map Ref: NS1048360922
Latitude: 55.804292N Longitude: 5.025435W
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Canmore site 40722
A cist, 120cm x 60cm x 48cm wide was found on 23rd March 1887, close beside the West Lodge, Mountstuart, above Kerrycroy Burn. In his letter describing the find, the Marquess of Bute says the cover-stone was found about 50cm below the surface of a mound hitherto thought natural, but which he now thought must be the remains of a tumulus. The cist contained a crouched burial with a possibly trepanned skull, a jet necklace and a food vessel (type C2), and what had possibly been a bronze ring and pin.
The finds were donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland in 1888.
The cist was rediscovered as a result of information from Mr Billy Shields (Countryside Ranger), and it lies under a rhododendron bush on the E side of the estate road opposite Heather Lodge. The exposed capstone comprises a red sandstone slab that measures 1.5m by 1m and at least 17cm in thickness, and lies flush with the ground.
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