Tusculum, North Berwick
Midden(S) (Period Unassigned), Paving (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tusculum, North Berwick
Classification Midden(S) (Period Unassigned), Paving (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 56644
Site Number NT58NW 17
NGR NT 5438 8532
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56644
- Council East Lothian
- Parish North Berwick
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT58NW 17 5438 8532
See also NT58NW 23.
During excavations in the garden of Tusculum, a medieval stone floor with some iron and lead objects, a brass musical instrument, and several examples of medieval ware were discovered.
A small hole dug in the NE side of the floor produced a flint knife and pieces of deer horn. Subsequent excavations uncovered a midden, measuring about 50 yds by 12 - 15 yds. Near the NE end were two pillars of small stones laid in clay. Their purpose is not clear but they are undoubtedly contemporary. Finds included a stone axe, flint knives, scrapers, flakes and three worked stone implements together with fragments of beaker and Rinyo ware.
Thirty yards from this midden lay another, measuring 64ft by 25ft. This one also produced stone implements and fragments of beaker and Rinyo pottery.
Finds from these middens were purchased for the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] from the Cree Collection. (See also NT58NW 23)
J E Cree 1908; L Scott 1951; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1939; D L Clarke 1970
Kitchen middens sited to NT 5438 8532 (J S Richardson, 7 Tantallon Terr, North Berwick).
Visited by OS (JLD) 11 September 1962
