Clyde Tomb from Glenvoidean
The Clyde Tomb of Glenvoidean, excavated between 1963 and 1971 by Dorothy Marshall (1899–1992) and Isabel D. Taylor, is located on a platform on a slope in Tignabruaich near Rothesay , on the northwest side of the Isle of Bute in Argyll and Bute in Scotland . The complex is protected as a Scheduled Monument .
The multi-period complex consists of the primary, northern gallery, which was located in a round stone mound. The radiocarbon date of 2910 BC. BC comes from burned material under the west plate of the chamber. In the initial phase, a pair of tall portal stones may have been added to the north end of the chamber. A second phase is represented by the two lateral chambers, which were located in a separate oval pile of stones that adjoins the older Rundcairn. The diagonally opposite side chambers emerged as simple closed structures that were later expanded. The third phase comprises the hillocking of the earlier round and oval structures with a trapezoidal cairn. At this stage an exedra was added to the axial chamber and the system became the typical Clyde Tomb . Such a sequence that has been observed several times supports Scott's development process for Clyde Cairns (Scott 1969, 175-222). However, the excavators point out that it is very difficult to determine the timing of the various stages and emphasize that there need not be a long period of time between the first and second stages.
The north-south oriented cairn is about 12.6 m long, about 6.6 m in the north and 4.8 m wide in the south. The east side and the south end of the Cairns are relatively well preserved and enclosed by a wall that is still several layers high. Behind the axial gallery was a small, probably medieval kiln . There was also an unusual, two-tier Bronze Age stone box in the cairn . Their levels were divided by a large horizontal stone slab. Burial remains have been found on both levels, with the upper burial in an urn . Traces of fire were found on the outside of the cairn and under the curbs. The artifacts found during the excavations, including Neolithic pottery and flint cuts , are in the Bute Museum.
literature
- Jack G. Scott: The Clyde Cairns of Scotland. In: Glyn Daniel, Poul Kjærum (Ed.): Megalithic graves and ritual. Papers presented at the III Atlantic Colloquium, Moesgård 1969 (= Jysk Arkaeologisk Selskabs skrifter. 11). Gyldendalske Boghandel (in comm.), Copenhagen 1973, ISBN 87-00-08861-7 , pp. 117–128.
- Lionel Masters: Chambered Tombs and Non-Megalithic Barrows in Britain. In: John D. Evans, Barry W. Cunliffe, Colin Renfrew (Eds.): Antiquity and man. Essays in honor of Glyn Daniel. Thames and Hudson, London 1981, ISBN 0-500-05040-6 , pp. 161-176.
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Coordinates: 55 ° 53 ′ 11.1 " N , 5 ° 12 ′ 15.6" W.