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East Barns
Cist (Bronze Age), Urn (Bronze Age)
Site Name East Barns
Classification Cist (Bronze Age), Urn (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 58815
Site Number NT77NW 3
NGR NT 717 762
NGR Description NT c. 717 762
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/58815
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Dunbar
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT77NW 3 c. 717 762.
An 'Urn, of drinking-cup type, found in a Cist in Eastbarns, East Lothian', was purchased for the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) between 30th November 1900-8 May 1901. 'This fine Urn, which was found in a cist with an unburnt burial, accidentally discovered in ploughing on the farm of Eastbarns, near Dunbar, in February last (i.e. 1900) is a characteristic example of the tall, thin-lipped vessel, with straight brim, contracted neck, and bulging sides, commonly known as the 'drinking-cup' type. It measures 7 3/4 inches in height by 5 1/2 inches diameter at the mouth, and is ornamented by horizontal bands of parallel lines alternating with bands of punctulations, and lines crossing each other obliquely'.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1901
'A stone coffin in very good preservation has been found in a field on Eastbarns Farm, Dunbar. It contained the skeleton of a man of large proportions, and also an ancient urn'.
Scot Antiq 1900
A beaker 7 3/4" in height, from East Barns, E Lothian, is in the Edinburgh Museum.
J Abercromby 1912
