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Dundee, Grosvenor Road, Western Cemetery
Findspot (19th Century), Findspot (21st Century), Cinerary Urn (Bronze Age), Food Vessel (Bronze Age), Lithic Implement (Flint)(Neolithic)
Site Name Dundee, Grosvenor Road, Western Cemetery
Classification Findspot (19th Century), Findspot (21st Century), Cinerary Urn (Bronze Age), Food Vessel (Bronze Age), Lithic Implement (Flint)(Neolithic)
Canmore ID 31690
Site Number NO32NE 1
NGR NO 3800 2989
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/31690
- Council Dundee, City Of
- Parish Dundee (Dundee, City Of)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Angus
(NO 3800 2989) Bronze Age Cinerary Urn found AD 1881 (NAT)
OS 1:1250 map (1966)
A Bronze Age collared cinerary urn, now in Dundee Museum (Accession no: 1969-253) was found while a lair was being dug in the Western Cemetery on 26th October 1881. It contained human bones, and a small piece of oxidised bronze.
A C Lamb 1895; H Coutts 1971
NO 3800 2989. Sited by Mr Sladen (Superintendent, Western Cemy) from burial records and grave plans of October 1881.
Visited by OS (FDC) 3 September 1952
Artefact Recovery (2007)
NO 3800 2989 A chance find by Mrs Sandra Scott while walking in the cemetery. Neolithic bi-facial flint implement, c3000 BC (identified by Alan Saville for treasure trove). The flint was found on the Grosvenor Road side of the cemetery.
A Bronze Age collared cinerary urn now in Dundee Museum (Accession number: 1969-253) was found in the same area on 26 October 1881. A Food Vessel (Accession number 1964-47) was also found in the 19th century, in a different part of Western Cemetery.
Claimed as treasure trove (TT.34/07) and allocated to Dundee Council.
Christina Donald and Alan Saville, 2007.
