Ganavan (Braes of) Rockshelter - Scottish Cave and Mine Database Site Details

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Ganavan (Braes of) Rockshelter

NGR:	NM 85850 32310
WGS84:	56.43423, -5.47502
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	Not recorded
Geology:	Not recorded
Tags:	Cave, Archaeo
Registry:	main

Notes: Excavated 1906 by Capt A J Macdougall. Situated under overhanging cliff, S of Oban - Ganavan road, directly opposite & nearly S of Ganavan House (NM 857 324), c 200 yards from, & 20' above, high water mark. A J Macdougall; A D Lacaille 1954. Shelter recently used as store for ploughs etc. When excavated, bones of infant were found near edge of deposit. Shells, ash, animal bones & teeth, 2 flint chips, & bone needle, donated to National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS, Accession no. HL 439). Lacaille suggests that occupation of shelter contemporary with Obanian caves (ie Mesolithic). RCAHMS 1975.

Indicated on OS 25"map by Mrs Macdougall (Dunollie House, Oban) at NM 8583 3231. Surveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (R D) 31 August 1971.

Links and Resources:

NMR: NM83SE 27.
Canmore ID 23044. Bull. GSG 2nd Series Vol.5 No.3 (1987)p.10 Lacaille, A D (1954a) The Stone Age in Scotland, London, pp. 210-11.
Macdougall, A J (1907) 'Excavation of a rock-shelter at Dunollie, Oban', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, vol.41, pp. 181-2 fig. 1.
RCAHMS (1975) Argyll: an inventory of the ancient monuments: volume 2: Lorn, Edinburgh, pp. 58-9, No. 90 (3).

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