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Longcraigs, Dunbar
Long Cist (Early Medieval)
Site Name Longcraigs, Dunbar
Classification Long Cist (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 57606
Site Number NT67NE 134
NGR NT 6640 7922
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57606
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Dunbar
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT67NE 134 6640 7922.
In May 1986 human bones in a stone slab cist were discovered by a member of the public at the base of the sea cliff at Long Craigs. Excavation revealed a long cist partially destroyed by marine action. The cist had been inserted into soil on top of a once more extensive storm beach and had subsequently been covered by land-slides from the sea cliff. These land slides made it impossible to fully excavate the burial and only the lower half of the skeleton could be removed. The body had been laid on its back with its head to the SW. Lintel stones of the cist were 70cm across. No artefactual remains were found in the grave. The bones are in the Archaeological Bone Collection of the Royal Museum of Scotland.
R M Spearman 1986
In 1986 a cist was found here exposed by coastal erosion and partially covered by land-slides from the sea-cliff. The cist was excavated. There was no evidence for any further cists here during the survey.
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 15th February 1996.
Excavation (1986)
In May 1986 human bones in a stone slab cist were discovered by a member of the public at the base of the sea cliff at Long Craigs. Excavation revealed a long cist partially destroyed by marine action. The cist had been inserted into soil on top of a once more extensive storm beach and had subsequently been covered by land-slides from the sea cliff. These land slides made it impossible to fully excavate the burial and only the lower half of the skeleton could be removed. The body had been laid on its back with its head to the SW. Lintel stones of the cist were 70cm across. No artefactual remains were found in the grave. The bones are in the Archaeological Bone Collection of the Royal Museum of Scotland.
R M Spearman 1986
