Preston Mains Farm
Burial (Period Unassigned), Cist (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Preston Mains Farm
Classification Burial (Period Unassigned), Cist (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 74520
Site Number NT57NE 85
NGR NT 5990 7845
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/74520
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Prestonkirk
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT57NE 85 5990 7845
Ploughing in a field to the NE of the main farm buildings dislodged the large capstone of a stone cist. The cist was constructed of upright single slabs of Old Red Sandstone, with a double wall at the E end, separated by a void. The joints of the cist were caulked with boulder clay, as were some of the upper stone edges. Within the cist was a flexed inhumation, its head to the W, lying on its right side. Many of the bones has rotted, leaving only a stain, although it was possible to recover the long limb bones, teeth and parts of the pelvis and skull.
No artefactual evidence was recovered. Two trial trenches were excavated to the S and W for 5m, but no other features were uncovered.
M Collard 1992.
