Canmore Site 41821: AYR, SANDY KNOWES - AYR - CIST (BRONZE AGE), FOOD VESSEL (POTTERY)(BRONZE AGE)


Description

Site NameAYR, SANDY KNOWES
Other Name(s)n/a
Site NumberNS32SW 50
Broad ClassRELIGIOUS RITUAL AND FUNERARY, CONTAINER
Site Type(s)CIST (BRONZE AGE), FOOD VESSEL (POTTERY)(BRONZE AGE)
NGRNS 342 218
NGR accuracyNGR given to the nearest 100m
Local AuthoritySOUTH AYRSHIRE
ParishAYR
Record created1988-03-07
Last updated2000-04-12

Archaeology Notes

NS32SW 50 342 218. Approximately NS 342 218: A biconical food vessel, found in 1867 in a cist at Sandy Knowes, Wallacetown was donated to the NMAS (Acc.No.EE 147) in 1951 by Miss M G Macdonald, 49 Fountainhall Road, Edinburgh. It measures 5.1 ins in height by 3.25 ins in diameter across the mouth. OS 6-inch map, Ayrshire, 1st ed. (1860), sheet xxxiii; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1953; RCAHMS 1985

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