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Greenlaw
Cist (Period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn
Site Name Greenlaw
Classification Cist (Period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn
Canmore ID 18276
Site Number NJ63SW 13
NGR NJ 6180 3158
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18276
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Insch
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ63SW 13 6180 3158.
(NJ 6180 3158) Urn found AD 1867 (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1959)
An ornamental urn, found in 1867 whilst digging for sand, is in the possession of Forbes Little-john of Carnieston (Ordnance Survey Name book (ONB, 1867).
Name Book 1867.
Jervise (1875-9) describes a stone cist containing bones and urn found on Greenlaw in 1867. The urn, 4 1/2" (114mm) wide, bore the 'usual zig-zag markings'.
A Jervise 1875-9.
No further information.
Visited by OS (NKB) 13 March 1969.
In 1867 a cist was discovered in a sand pit in what is now cultivated ground 190m N of Greenlaw farmsteading (NJ63SW 89). The present whereabouts of an 'urn', which was found inside the cist, is not known. The sand pit is no longer visible.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, IF), 21 February 1996.
