Archaeology Notes

Event ID 670718

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ82NE 11 8644 2816.

(NJ 8644 2816) Urns and Human Remains found AD 1837 (NAT)

OS 6" map, (1959)

Three urns, of baked clay, containing human bones and ashes, were found in 1837 by Mr J Strath, Cauldhame, whilst digging.

Name Book 1868.

The site is on a hill-top otherwise no further information.

Visited by OS (RL) 5 April 1972.

The location indicated falls on a S-facing shoulder at an altitude of 119m OD.

NMRS, MS/712/80.

The present whereabouts of these urns, which were found in about 1837, are not known.

Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 27 October 2003.