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Edinburgh, Craigentinny

Cinerary Urn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Edinburgh, Craigentinny

Classification Cinerary Urn (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 52118

Site Number NT27SE 115

NGR NT 292 747

NGR Description NT c. 292 747

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Edinburgh, City Of
  • Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District City Of Edinburgh
  • Former County Midlothian

Archaeology Notes

NT27SE 115 c. 292 747.

A collared cinerary urn, found at Craigentinny (name: NT 292 747) was purchased for the NMAS in 1937 along with its contents, viz. incinerated human remains, a bone pendant, two calcined flint scrapers, a calcined flint fragment, and three fragments of a beaker (Clarke's N. 2 type) (Acc Nos: EQ 442-6; EG 71).

Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1938; D L Clarke 1970.

No further information.

Visited by OS (J D) 4 December 1953.

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