Summary

Parts of two adult skeletons, from Carberry House, Inveresk, East Lothian

Accession Number

X.1999.14

Other references

None

Original description

Early Historic human remains from carberry Road, Inveresk, Midlothian. ORF: IDENTIFICATION - Object Name: Human skeletal remains. Description: Parts of two adult skeletons found during excavations at Carberry Road, Inveresk. FIELD COLLECTION - Place: Inveresk (Carberry Road), Inveresk parish, East Lothian. Grid Reference: NT 3500 7141. Site Type: Burials. Period: Early Historic. Method: Excavation. Circumstances of Discovery / Notes: NMRS no: NT37SE 92. Excavation of a cable trench by SSEB on the S side of the railway bridge on Carberry Road revealed parts of at least two adult human skeletons. Only a few of the larger bones were recovered but it appears that one skeleton was articulated when found. There was no evidence for either a stone cist or wooden coffin, but the site had been severely disturbed by earlier service trenches. (cf. NT37SE 36.). NOTES and DOCUMENTATION - Bibliographic Reference: Carter, S 1990 'Carberry Road (Inveresk parish), burials', Discovery and Excavation Scotland 1990, 30. Carter, S 1990 'Burials at Carberry Road, Inveresk, East Lothian', Historic Scotland, Archaeological Operations and Conservation, Annual Report 1989, Edinburgh, 42. Registered / Completed By: Trevor Cowie. Date: 17.05.2005.

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

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Excavated

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Inveresk, East Lothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1999

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Historic Scotland, Finds Disposal Panel

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

None