An Account of the Excavation of a Cairn and of the Remains of Four other Cairns in the Parish of Muirkirk, Ayrshire, and the Discovery of a Deposit of Burnt Human Bones at Borland, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire

Archibald Fairbairn (Author)


Keyword(s):
Burnt Human Bones, Cinerary Urn, Burnt Bone Charcoal, Burnt Bone, Flint Flake, Flint Knives, Central Cist Pottery Charcoal, Pit, Round Cairns
Period(s):
1899

Abstract


A circular cairn at Linburn Plantation covered a central circle of stones around a pit containing burnt bone, charcoal and two flint knives. There was evidence of in situ burning. Four round cairns in the parish of Muirkirk were examined. Only one had a central cist. Pottery, charcoal and a flint flake were recovered. An isolated deposit of burnt bone may have been associated with a cinerary urn found there in 1899.

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Published
30-11-1922
How to Cite
Fairbairn, A. (1922). An Account of the Excavation of a Cairn and of the Remains of Four other Cairns in the Parish of Muirkirk, Ayrshire, and the Discovery of a Deposit of Burnt Human Bones at Borland, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 56, 126-133. https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.056.126.133
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