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Knock
Cinerary Urn(S) (Bronze Age)
Site Name Knock
Classification Cinerary Urn(S) (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 43096
Site Number NS46NE 8
NGR NS 4897 6613
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43096
- Council Renfrewshire
- Parish Inchinnan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS46NE 8 4897 6613.
(NS 4897 6613) Cinerary Urns found (NAT)
OS 1:10000 map (1974)
Semple makes three references to urns found at Knock, stating (i) A "supposed Roman" urn was dug up about 36 years ago (i.e.) about 1746); (ii) Part of an urn with human bones (shown to Semple) was dug up by Mr Archibald Snodgrass (farmer, Knock) at the same place on 23rd May 1782; and (iii) Mr Charles Ross, surveyor, Easter Greenlaw, dug many 'Roman' urns in the Knock Hill.
G Crawford and W Semple 1792
Six Roman urns were dug up at Knock farm in 1751. (The author is evidently the Charles Ross referred to above).
C Ross 1792
Two urns containing human ashes were dug up on the summit of Knock Hill in 1778. Mr Snodgrass (from whom the Rev D Macfarlan received his information) states that his father found two urns containing or supposed to contain human ashes. He recollects in his infancy hearing that the urns were found at or about where the triangulation station now stands. Particular enquiry has been made, but on-one can now be found to corroborate his statement.
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845 (D Macfarlane)
The site is located on a knoll on top of a hill. There is no visible signs of an artificial feature.
Visited by OS (WMJ) 13 March 1951
Note (January 2024)
A newspaper (The Aberdeen Journal, No. 125 (22 May 1750), p.2) reported a discovery at Knock, a farm about 1 mile N of Paisley, of:
‘An old Roman Urn, full of human Bones, many of which were fresh, tho’ upwards of 1300 Years have past since there were deposite there, and several ha the Marks of their being burnt, visible upon them. The Urn is of the common Pig-clay, Brick-coloured about ten inches over the mouth: the whole Outside ornamented with a kind of Knops 3 Inches 3 4ths long, and a finger Thickness above the Sides. Betwixt each of these, and round the brim, are indented Lines, somewhat resembling plain Angles, inclosing one another, and running quite round from Top to Bottom. When dug up, it was found standing on its Mouth.’
This is probably one of the discoveries referred to by previous authorities (Crawfurd and Semple 1782; Ross 1792).
Information to HES from Dr T Welsh, January 2024
