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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 715369
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/715369
NT58NE 7 5750 8555.
(Area: NT 572857) "Ancient Interment at The Leithies - A high tide which lately washed away the lower part of a grassy slope adjoining the beach in a small bay to the E of North Berwick exposed a bank of water-worn stones, from which, at a distance of 4ft or thereby from the surface, some human bones were observed protruding. On removing the sand and stones forming the bank a skeleton was found, placed at full length on its back, lying somewhat NE by SW, with the head to the N. The arms were folded across the chest with the hands resting on the shoulders. The body had been laid simply among the stones, and was not encased in anything resembling a cist." There were no grave goods, and no evidence of any other interments.
J S Richardson 1900
Sited to NT 5708 8555 (J S Richardson).
Visited by OS (JLD) 11 September 1962
