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Thornton
Cist (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Thornton
Classification Cist (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 58916
Site Number NT77SW 14
NGR NT 73 73
NGR Description NT c. 73 73
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/58916
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Innerwick (East Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT77SW 14 c. 73 73.
A short cist was found on 18th May 1939 by Mr W Macnaughton, tenant of the Board of Agriculture's Lot 114 at Thornton (NT 73 73) when ploughing. The findspot was on the crest of a low ridge running parallel to the Thornton Burn about 20 yds S of the stream, but not quite at the highest point of the ridge, which rises a few feet to the W. There was no trace of a cairn. The cist contained the bones of a child, 3 to 5 years old, accompanied by a beaker, of Clarke's N2 type, which was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS Accession no: EG 74).
V G Childe and A Lowe 1939; D L Clarke 1970
