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Phantassie, East Linton
Cist (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Phantassie, East Linton
Classification Cist (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Phantassie Farm; Phantassie House Policies
Canmore ID 56279
Site Number NT57NE 9
NGR NT 5950 7716
NGR Description NT c. 5950 7716
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56279
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Prestonkirk
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT57NE 9 c. 5950 7716.
(Area: NT 5950 7716) 'In December of last year (1927) when excavations were being made at Phantassie, East Linton, East Lothian, in connection with the drainage system for some new cottages, the workmen accidentally uncovered a stone grave. The cist, which lay east and west, was about 3 feet below the surface of the ground, not many feet distant from the inside of the dyke which encloses the garden on the high ground about the south side of the Luin Pool on the Tyne. It measured 3 feet 2 inches in length, 2 feet in width and 1 foot 6 inches in depth. The sides and ends were composed of single slabs set on edge, and the cover stone, which was made of stone similar to that obtained from Traprain Law, had a smaller slab on the top at the west end, as if to help to seal more effectively the interstice between cover and end slab. The cist was filled with a fine dust among which were a number of bones of what must have been an inhumed burial'.
A J H Edwards 1928
No further information was found regarding this cist or its find-spot during field investigation. Enquiries at Phantassie proved negative.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 25 October 1962
Contractor's (Wm Laing) or County Council plans could be consulted to establish site.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
