Click on the image above to see the inspiration for the merk. Use the browser's back button to return here	3 The Moors New Luce to Bargrennan Kist maker: Andy Priestman Ceramics Image: Clendrie burial cist pot in National Museums of Scotland Date: 3,500 years ago During part of the Bronze Age, people buried their dead in stone-lined graves that archaeologists call 'cists' because they are short and box-shaped. The prototype kist for the Waymerks project (not one we used in the end) was a small replica of one of these, though we changed the spelling to accord with the old Scottish form, and to make it clear how to pronounce the word. The pot found in a cist at Clendrie has handsome wrap-around decoration composed of hundreds of incised marks. A single pot is the most usual find in such cists. The body was folded into the grave in a foetal position and the pot, which would have contained an offering of food or drink, left near the head.
Andrew Priestman Potter High Minniwick Bargrennan NEWTON STEWART DG8 6SS Visitors by arrangement, please 01671 840274

Andrew Priestman has lived and worked at High Minniwick since 1973. The studio where he makes pottery and paints is in ancient oak woods by the Water of Minnoch. His abstract pictures are developed by processes with monotype and gessos. The pots are made from porcelain and stoneware clays. Translucent celadon glazes and simple, classical forms give his work a singular strength and elegance.

Andy has used subterfuge to hide his kist and you will have to get close to it to recognize it.

Note: Due to forestry activities in secton 3, Andy's kist has had to be placed in section 4 of the walk!