Musselburgh, Inveresk Church
Cinerary Urn(S) (Period Unknown), Coin(S) (Roman), Unidentified Pottery (Roman)
Site Name Musselburgh, Inveresk Church
Classification Cinerary Urn(S) (Period Unknown), Coin(S) (Roman), Unidentified Pottery (Roman)
Canmore ID 53844
Site Number NT37SW 19
NGR NT 3442 7194
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/53844
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Inveresk (East Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT37SW 19 3442 7194.
(NT 3442 7194) Cinerary Urns and Roman Coin found AD 1827 (NAT)
OS 6" map (1913)
Workmen found two cinerary urns which lay within a circle of 'curiously shaped' stones, about 100 yds S of Inveresk Church, while making a fence in 1827. These stones, which bore the marks of fire, seem to have formed a sacrificial altar. Scattered upon them were fragments of half-burnt bones of wild boars' tusks and deer's horns. The urns, which were 8" - 10" high, circular, tapering towards the bases, were broken. Each contained a small quantity of ashes and their bases were stamped with the potter's initials. A coin of Vespasian was found beside them (D M Moir 1860).
G Macdonald 1918
No further information.
Visited by OS (JLD) 8 December 1953
