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<< Image Pages >> Macarthur Cave, Oban - Cave or Rock Shelter in Scotland in Argyll

Submitted by durhamnature on Tuesday, 18 September 2012  Page Views: 7317

Natural PlacesSite Name: Macarthur Cave, Oban
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.583 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Argyll Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Oban
Map Ref: NM85923043
Latitude: 56.417402N  Longitude: 5.472353W
Condition:
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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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
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Macarthur Cave, Oban
Macarthur Cave, Oban submitted by durhamnature : Bone and deer horn implements from Oban Cave, archive.org Site in Scotland (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cave or Rock Shelter in Agryll

Canmore site 23066

The MacArthur Cave has come to be regarded as the type-site of the Obanian culture. It was discovered towards the end of 1894 by quarrymen and was excavated by Anderson in 1895. Removal of the talus and fallen rocks which blocked the entrance revealed a possibly artificial barrier of rocks behind which the infill reached almost to the roof. The great majority of the implements recovered were of bone, 140 of these being found. Some of these are illustrated in the accompanying photographs. Of the stone implements recovered, only eight of flint were definable. Finds are now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland. An antler barbed point (NMS HL 187) has been dated by radiocarbon to 4750+/- 160 years BC.

During the excavation parts of the skeletons of at least four individuals were discovered. The burials, however, cannot be associated with the mesolithic material from the cave, as they were found on top of and within the thick layer of debris that sealed these deposits. Their date is not known.


In 1964, no traces of the cave could be found.

Text adapted from Canmore.


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Macarthur Cave, Oban
Macarthur Cave, Oban submitted by durhamnature : Harpoons of deer horns from Oban Cave, archive.org Site in Scotland (Vote or comment on this photo)

Macarthur Cave, Oban
Macarthur Cave, Oban submitted by durhamnature : Bone implements from Oban Cave, archive.org Site in Scotland (Vote or comment on this photo)

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From Assynt to Oban: some observations on prehistoric cave use in western Scotland by Andy B on Thursday, 14 May 2015
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From Assynt to Oban: some observations on prehistoric cave use in western Scotland [2012]

This paper examines the evidence for temporal variation in the human use of caves in western Scotland. The archaeological record of cave use in this part of the British Isles extends back to at least the Late Glacial. However, there is little evidence for the regular use of caves until the later Mesolithic, c. 7500 cal BC. During that period an important use of caves was as temporary shelters for food-processing activities. A significant change in the human use of caves occurred c. 3900 cal BC, coincident with the appearance of farming. At that time there was a shift from economic use to funerary or ritual function. This may reflect the change in economic practices and mortuary rituals that marked the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition, but in part at least was influenced by the geomorphic evolution and changing nature of caves in Mid-Holocene Scotland.

By Clive Bonsall, Catriona Pickard and Graham A Ritchie. Published in: Caves in Context: The Cultural Significance of Caves and Rockshelters in Europe, edited by Knut Andreas Bergsvik and Robin Skeates. Oxford, Oxbow Books: 10-21.

https://www.academia.edu/1608059/From_Assynt_to_Oban_some_observations_on_prehistoric_cave_use_in_western_Scotland_2012_
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The Oban Caves by Andy B on Thursday, 19 February 2015
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The Oban Caves [1992] Co-authored with Clive Bonsall and D.G. Sutherland. Published in: Walker, M.J.C., Gray, J.M. and Lowe, J.J. (eds) "The South-West Scottish Highlands: Field Guide". Quaternary Research Association, Cambridge, 1992.
https://www.academia.edu/295894/The_Oban_Caves_1992_
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