Old Kilpatrick
Cist (Prehistoric), Cremation (Prehistoric), Short Cist (Bronze Age), Beaker (Pottery)(Bronze Age), Food Vessel (Pottery)(Bronze Age), Urn(S) (Pottery)(Neolithic)
Site Name Old Kilpatrick
Classification Cist (Prehistoric), Cremation (Prehistoric), Short Cist (Bronze Age), Beaker (Pottery)(Bronze Age), Food Vessel (Pottery)(Bronze Age), Urn(S) (Pottery)(Neolithic)
Canmore ID 43276
Site Number NS47SE 22
NGR NS 4600 7313
NGR Description NS 4600 7313 and NS 4600 7320
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council West Dunbartonshire
- Parish Old Kilpatrick (Clydebank)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydebank
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS47SE 22 4600 7313 and 4600 7320
(NS 460 731). Two separate prehistoric burials were uncovered in 1923 and 1924 during the excavation of Old Kilpatrick Roman fort (NS47SE 8). The first 'grave' was found outside the S wall of the Roman praetorium. Oval in shape, it had walling of small slabs and boulders with flagstones covering the 'mouth'. Along with evidence of cremation, fragments of three different urns were found; two were later classififed as neolithic and the third, beaker.
S N Miller 1928; J G Callander 1933; M E C Mitchell 1934.
The second 'grave', a short cist, of six upright slabs and a paved floor, was found in the northern part of the praetentura. It contained a nearly complete food vessel in its upper half, but no evidence of cremation.
The finds are in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow.
Information from A S Robertson 1951.
With reference to Miller and Macdonald (1934) as to the position of the internal Roman buildings, the two graves can be sited as follows: first grave - NS 4600 7313; second grave - NS 4600 7320.
The entire area is now built over.
Visited by OS (FDC), 14 August 1951.
Note (1978)
Old Kilpatrick NS 459 732, NS 460 731 NS47SE 22
Two cists were found during the excavation of the Roman fort at Old Kilpatrick. One contained a single Food Vessel (Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow. A.1928.22) and the other fragments of three Food Vessels.
RCAHMS 1978
(Callander 1933)
