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Burrance
Cinerary Urn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Burrance
Classification Cinerary Urn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 66241
Site Number NY08NE 8
NGR NY 090 858
NGR Description NY c. 090 858
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/66241
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Lochmaben
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY08NE 8 c. 090 858.
An urn, ornamented round the top, and containing human remains, was turned up from about 6in. below the surface, in a field on Burrance Farm in 1871. It fell to pieces on being moved.
The Antiquary 1871
There is no local knowledge of this discovery and no evidence of a burial mound in the vicinity of Burrance Farm.
Visited by OS (JP) 4 October 1972.
Note (1997)
NY c. 090 858 NY08NE 8
Listed as burial.
RCAHMS 1997.
