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Point Garry
Human Remains (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Point Garry
Classification Human Remains (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) North Berwick, West Golf Course; West Links
Canmore ID 56671
Site Number NT58NW 8
NGR NT 545 854
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56671
- Council East Lothian
- Parish North Berwick
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT58NW 8 545 854.
The remains of a human skeleton were found 3ft below the surface, about 50 yds W of the 12th hole on the West Golf Course at North Berwick.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 1913
No further information. The course has been remade and it is not known where the former 12th hole was situated.
Visited by OS (SFS) 8 July 1975
Crosses, without annotations, appear on the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] 6" record sheets at NT 5455 8554, NT 5452 8548, and NT 5456 8549. Possibly one of these refers to the find spot.
Information from OS Recorder (IF) 28 September 1978
Human remains were found in 1913 in this approximate location. The course has since been remade and the location of this cairn is unknown. There was no sign of this cairn during this survey.
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 18th February 1996.
