Benderloch
Cinerary Urn
Site Name Benderloch
Classification Cinerary Urn
Alternative Name(s) Penwith, Benerloch, Oban
Canmore ID 108947
Site Number NM93NW 38
NGR NM 906 382
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/108947
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Ardchattan And Muckairn (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM93NW 38 906 382
NM 9051 3835 An urned cremation was discovered by Mr R Harvey whilst working in his garden. Following intervention by the West of Scotland Archaeology Service and the provision of funding by Historic Scotland, GUARD carried out the excavation and lifting of the urn and its immediate environs in September 1996. The urn had been placed inverted on a slab within a pit cut into the natural subsoils of typical raised beach deposits. The urn appears to be of a cordoned form, with incised cross-hatched decoration confined above the upper cordon. The contents of the urn will be excavated within a laboratory.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
G MacGregor 1996
The urn was examined and reconstructed. The cremated remains had been carefully washed after cremation. The bones were examined and found to belong to a woman and a child, aged between one and four years. The urn itself had previously been used for cooking a number of times before it was used in a funerary context.
Information by Mr and Mrs R Harvey, 1997
Watching Brief (17 March 2015 - 27 March 2015)
NM 90597 38187 A watching brief was undertaken, 17–27 March 2015, during a controlled topsoil strip in advance of the construction of a housing scheme. No finds or features of archaeological significance were recorded.
Funder: TSL Contractors Ltd
Clare Ellis - Argyll Archaeology
(Source: DES, Volume 16)
