Baile Mhargaite's stone chest 1
The stone chest of Baile Mhargaite 1 is in Bettyhill, between Achina and Farr in Sutherland in Scotland . It is one of three stone boxes in Baile Mhargaite.
The small north-south oriented, sand-filled stone box (called "Cist b" by Canmore) measures 0.8 × 0.6 m and lies in the middle of a mass of stone material on a gravel ridge. It may have been covered by a cairn in the past , as there are many such monuments on this sandy plain. It is possible that it was the place where "fragments of cups ... in a cave at Bettyhill" were found. But the archaeological records of John Abercromby (18411924) and M. Mitchell are not accurate enough. Two other boxes nearby are also potential candidates.
See also
literature
- John Abercromby: A Study of the Bronze Age Pottery of Great Britain & Ireland and its associated Grave-Goods. Volume 1. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1912, ( digitized version ).
- Margaret E. Crichton Mitchell: A New Analysis of the Early Bronze Age Beaker Pottery of Scotland. In: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Vol. 68, 1933/1934, pp. 132-189, ( digital version (PDF; 3.59 MB) ).
Web links
- Description and pictures
- Entry on Baile Mhargaite 1's stone box in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
Coordinates: 58 ° 31'7 " N , 4 ° 14'7" W.