Burial Cairn, Cairnholy I
This Clyde-type chambered long cairn is a conspicuous monument
measuring 56m by 16m, with a monumental cresentic facade and a
ruined chamber.
Excavated by Piggott and Powell in 1950, the forecourt blocking
was found to cover hearths, a stone-hole, and western Neolithic
pottery sherds. The chamber is in two parts, the outer
section contained a fragment of a jadeite ceremonial axe, probably
attributable to the earliest burials, together with sherds of
western Neolithic pottery and a leaf-shaped arrowhead.
Late grave-goods comprised Peterborough and Beaker sherds and a
plano-convex flint knife. The rear compartment, though robbed,
contained a secondary cist, with food vessel sherds and a
cup-and-ring carved stone, dating to the Bronze Age.
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Heather Nicholson
