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Canonbie

Cinerary Urn (Bronze Age)

Site Name Canonbie

Classification Cinerary Urn (Bronze Age)

Canmore ID 67528

Site Number NY37NE 7

NGR NY 39 76

NGR Description NY c. 39 76

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Canonbie
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Annandale And Eskdale
  • Former County Dumfries-shire

Archaeology Notes

NY37NE 7 c. 39 76

Fragments of an urn with human bones found near Canonbie, presented by John Cowan of Penicuik, 29 July 1845. In the National Museum of Antiquities.

Archaeol Scot 1890.

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Note (1981)

Canonbie NY c. 39 76 NY37NE 7

In the 19th century, fragments of an 'urn and some Human bones' were found near Canonbie.

RCAHMS 1981

(Archaeologia Scotica, v, pt. 3, 1890, appendix, 51)

Note (1997)

NY c. 39 76 NY37NE 7

Listed as urn.

RCAHMS 1997

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