Summary

Cinerary urn fragment, from Limefield Farm, Wiston, Lanarkshire

Accession Number

X.EQ 878

Other references

Original description

The finds from a Bronze Age cairn at Limefield, Lanarkshire (RCAHMS 1978, Inventory no 77) excavated in 1966 - 67 by A MacLaren. Pottery. Fragmentary cinerary urn from the cairn material in the SW quadrant. Simple bucket-shaped vessel, with internally bevelled rim. Rim diameter 130 mm, wall thickness 9 mm. Outer surface reddish-brown; core and interior black. Coarse hard fabric, heavily gritted with inclusions up to 6 mm, some erupting through the surface. Undecorated (Morrison, 1968, 117, no. 117). MacLaren, A; in, Between and Beyond the Walls, 1984, pp 97 - 116.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

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Method (e.g. excavation)

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Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Limefield Farm, Wiston, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

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Acquisition

Acquisition date

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Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

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Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

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