lanarkshire-1978/03_038

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INTRODUCTION : THE BRONZE AGE

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Fig. 2. Distribution map of cairns and barrows

Excavations carried out by the Commission's officers on four cairns in Lanarkshire (Nos.
7, 26, 55 and 77) have complemented the information gathered from fieldwork. At Baitlaws
(No. 7) a shallow ditch surrounded the central grave-pit, which had been covered by a single
layer of pebbles. The central mound of the cairn at Fall Hill (No. 55) is of greater height than
that found at Baitlaws, but it too covered a central burial and closely resembles other cairns at
Black Hill, Crawfordjohn (No. 11), Easton-Medwin Water (No. 46, 3) and probably the

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