Abernethy
Cinerary Urn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Abernethy
Classification Cinerary Urn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 27947
Site Number NO11NE 4
NGR NO 197 168
NGR Description NO c. 197 168
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/27947
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Abernethy (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO11NE 4 c. 197 168.
Five or six urns, full of ashes and burnt bone, were found half a mile SE of the Medieval coin hoard (NO11NE 14) while levelling an eminence on the road near the supposed eastern limit of the ancient town of Abernethy. The urns, described as being of a 'pretty large size,' were discovered with their mouths downward only six inches below the surface, and were, with one exception, broken on excavation. They were made of burnt clay, with some rude sculpture around the mouth, narrow at the base and wide in the middle and mouth, with a narrow neck. The undamaged specimen is with J Patterson of Carpow.
A Small 1823.
No further information found. The finds are possibly associated with or related to the cist NO11NE 10.
Visited by OS (W D J) 4 August 1965.
It is not known whether any of the five or six urns found here in the 19th century survive.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 25 November 1996.
Watching Brief (20 February 2017 - 21 February 2017)
Alder Archaeology carried out a watching brief (AE18) on insertion of an electricity cable duct along the S verge of Newburgh Road, E of Abernethy, for Scottish and Southern Electricity. The work took place on 20th and 21st Feb 2017, and was required where the duct trench passed close to two prehistoric sites known from the Perth and Kinross Historic Environment Record. However the area had been extensively disturbed by previous BT cables and a deep storm drain, and no archaeology was found.
Information from Alder Archaeology Ltd.
OASIS ID - alderarc1-283887
