North Berwick, Law Road
Long Cist (Early Medieval), Short Cist (Neolithic)-(Bronze Age)
Site Name North Berwick, Law Road
Classification Long Cist (Early Medieval), Short Cist (Neolithic)-(Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 281641
Site Number NT58NE 190
NGR NT 553 852
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/281641
- Council East Lothian
- Parish North Berwick
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT58NE 190 NT 553 852
In March 2005 an evaluation was undertaken in advance of housing development. Three trenches were opened, one
of which exposed a slab-lined long cist containing human bone. Unauthorised soil stripping destroyed both this feature and any other unknown adjacent graves. A quantity of human bone was subsequently retrieved from this excavated soil. Further recording and excavation work at Law Road uncovered a stratigraphically lower, square short cist, within which were the bones of more than one individual, an iron knife and an iron penannular brooch.
Report lodged with East Lothian SMR and NMRS.
Sponsor: Douglas Keir Architects.
I Suddaby 2005
