Millhouse Bridge, Dinwoodie Green

NY18NW 5 1067 8830

See also NY18NW 47.

(NY 1067 8830) Crop-mark site discovered by St Joseph and excavated in 1958 by Mr B Blake and Miss K Hodgson, in conjunction with the Ministry of Works and Lockerbie Extra-Mural Class, and since observed by Messrs Cormack and Little of Lockerbie. Remains of a timber hall, cobble flooring, several rubble wall-bases, and rubbish pits with 13th and 14th C pottery, found. Five Bronze Age cinerary urns were also discovered, some of which are now in Edinburgh and one at Dumfries Museum. The air photograph would seem to suggest an extension of the site to the S, area NY 106 882.

A E Truckell 1958; 1959

The site is being destroyed by new road works.

Information from OS Recorder (DA) 15 June 1966

Nothing of this site can now be seen on the ground, a new road having cut across it. According to Mr Cormack (Royal Bank of Scotland Chambers, Lockerbie), no excavation plan was made, but from AP's the oval enclosure measures approx 58m N-S by c.38m E-W between ditches. An annexe lies to the W.

Site surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (DWR) 11 January 1972

(Location cited as NY 107 884). Dinwoodie Green Farm, Annandale:

101. Collared urn. Collar has two horizontal lines of twisted string impressions just above base. Above this is an encircling design of lozenge shapes formed of criss-crossing lines of twisted string impressions. The neck has four rows of slanting oval-shaped indentations. Rim has sloping bevel. Found upright and touching urn 104.

102. Collared urn. Colar has two horizontal lines of twisted string impressions, just below rim and just above base. Between is a lattice design of twisted string impressions. The neck has a design of alternately upright and inverted triangles filled with oblique parallel lines, all of twisted string impressions. The base of the neck is delimited by a single horizontal twisted string line. The rim has a flat top with a single line of twisted string impressions, and a sloping internal bevel with two lines. Found inverted on a flat stone in a pit, the latter being lined with stones forming a beehive-shaped chamber.

103. Collared urn. Two horizontal lines of twisted string impressions, one just below rim, the other just above base of collar. Between are almost vertical parallel lines of twisted string impressions. Rim has a flat top with zig-zag design of twisted string impressions, and a steeply-sloping internal bevel with six horizontal lines of twisted string impressions. Found inverted inside urn 104 and containing a cremation burial.

104. Collared urn. Line of twisted string impressions just under rim. Between this and base of collar is a design of alternately upright and inverted triangles filled with oblique parallel lines, all of twisted string impressions. Rim has sloping internal bevel with two horizontal lines of twisted string impressions. Found inverted on a flat stone and containing urn 103, which itself contained a cremation burial. Base missing.

A Morrison 1968.

1784. Collared Urn of Primary Series, South Eastern Style, Form II. Diameter (mouth) 7 ins (18cm), height 8.4 ins (21.3 cm), diameter (base) 3 ins (7.6 cm). Decoration (collar) twisted cord diagonal lines enclosed above and below by single twisted cord lines, (top of rim) twisted cord zigzag, (internal moulding) two zones of three horizontal twisted cord lines. Found inverted inside no. 1785, and containing a cremation. Dumfries Mus. BA 8.

1785. Collared Urn of Secondary Series, Form IB. Diameter (mouth) 13 ins (33cm). Decoration (collar) twisted cord filled triangles bordered above by a single twisted cord line, (top of rim and internal rim bevel) single twisted cord lines. Found inverted on a flat stone and containing no. 1784, which itself contained a cremation. Dumfries Mus. BA 6.

1786. Collared Urn of Secondary Series, Form Ic. Diameter (mouth) 13.5 ins (34.3cm), height c. 15 ins (38 cm), diameter (base) c. 5 ins (12.7 cm). Decoration (collar) twisted cord lattice enclosed above by one and below by two twisted cord lines, (neck) twisted cord triangles bordered below by a single twisted cord line, (internal rim bevel) horizontal twisted cord lines. Found inverted on flat stone in pit, the pit being lined with stones forming a beehive-shaped chamber. Dumfries Mus. BA 5.

1787. Collared Urn of Secondary Series, Form Ic. Diameter (mouth) c. 10.5 ins (26.7cm), height c. 12.6 ins (32 cm), diameter (base) 4.25 ins (10.8 cm). Decoration (collar) twisted cord lozenges enclosed and below by two, and probably above by a further two, twisted twisted cord lines, (neck) incised herringbone, (shoulder) row of short diagonal incised lines. Found upright and touching no. 1785. Dumfries Mus. BA 7.

I H Longworth 1984.