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Edinburgh, Holyrood Park, Arthur's Seat, Windy Gowl
Cinerary Urn (Bronze Age)
Site Name Edinburgh, Holyrood Park, Arthur's Seat, Windy Gowl
Classification Cinerary Urn (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Queen's Park
Canmore ID 52551
Site Number NT27SE 84
NGR NT 27968 72581
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52551
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 84 2796 7258
A cinerary urn was found 'recently' when cutting a road through the pass called Windy Gowl (name: NT 279 725) about a third of the way from the foot of the glen and a few feet N of the former footpath. The urn was buried some 4' or 5' under the surface, in an egg-shaped cavity about 3' deep and 2' wide. It had been placed, mouth upwards, between two rough stones set on end, with a third stone as a cover, and stood in a mass of black earth, mixed with pieces of charcoal, which filled about a third of the cavity; the urn also contained some of the same material. The urn was donated to the NMAS in 1856 by the Commissioners of H M Works (Acc No: EA 25).
G Logan 1859; NMAS 1892.
Noted.
NMRS, MS/726/96 (37, no. 10).
