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Artefact Recovery
Date 2007
Event ID 556867
Category Recording
Type Artefact Recovery
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/556867
NO 3800 2989 A chance find by Mrs Sandra Scott while walking in the cemetery. Neolithic bi-facial flint implement, c3000 BC (identified by Alan Saville for treasure trove). The flint was found on the Grosvenor Road side of the cemetery.
A Bronze Age collared cinerary urn now in Dundee Museum (Accession number: 1969-253) was found in the same area on 26 October 1881. A Food Vessel (Accession number 1964-47) was also found in the 19th century, in a different part of Western Cemetery.
Claimed as treasure trove (TT.34/07) and allocated to Dundee Council.
Christina Donald and Alan Saville, 2007.
