Summary

Cremation remains of an individual estimated at 12-16 years of age, from the short cist cemetery at West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Peeblesshire, Early Bronze Age

Accession Number

X.1995.93.23

Other references

Original description

Finds from excavations at West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Peeblesshire. Type of site: Short cist cemetery. Date: Early Bronze Age. Finds from the Early Bronze Age cemetery (area A). [EQ 1049]. Cremation, cist 9. Mass 614 g. The skeletal age at death of this individual is estimated at 12-16. None of the epiphyses were fused. All the permanent teeth had erupted apart from the third molars, of which only the crowns, unaffected by the heat of the fire, were complete. The wear on the crown of a lower permanent canine, although unaffected by fire, showed it had been in use for some time; it erupts around the ninth-tenth year. The roots of a second molar were open; they close around 14-16. Several of the vault fragments had split due to burning, and none of the sutures had begun to close. None of the bones was suitable for sexing.

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)

West Water Reservoir, West Linton, Peeblesshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1995

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Agent

Image

None