Glasgow, Newlands
Cremation(S) (Period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow, Newlands
Classification Cremation(S) (Period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Cathcart
Canmore ID 44299
Site Number NS56SE 38
NGR NS 5777 6080
NGR Description NS 5777 6080 and NS 5772 6084
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44299
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Cathcart (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56SE 38 5777 6080 and 5772 6084
For nearby (NS c. 580 607) of a cist, see NS56SE 48.
(NS 5777 6080 and NS 5772 6084) Bronze Age Cinerary Urns found 1904 (NAT)
OS 1;1250 map, (1973)
Two groups of burials after cremation, comprising eight deposits of bones and charcoal, four with urns, were found at Newlands in 1904.
The first two cinerary urns were found (at NS 5777 6080) on 12th July 1904, 4'6" apart, 15" below the surface, inverted over cremations lying on a layer of fine sand about 1/8" deep. A green stain was noted on the bones covered by urn 2, indicative of the former presence of some bronze implement. Urn 3 was found on 1st August 1904, 18" under the surface, 12'6" from urn 2, inverted over a cremation.
The second group was found (at NS 5772 6084), 83 yds W of the first finds, on 13th and 14th September 1904. The remains of urn 4 lay inverted over a cremation, and nearby were four pits with cremated bone, but without traces of pottery. The pits contained much smaller osseous remains than were contained in the urns, and may, therefore, represent not separate interments, but only the finer debris from the enurned cremations (Morrison 1968).
In 1954, the urns were still in the possession of Mr Mann (since deceased). Morrison (1968) states that they are now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS).
Visited by OS (J L D) 1 April 1954.
L M Mann 1905; J M Coles 1966; A Morrison 1968.
