Summary

Human skeletal remains from Broomhill, Penicuik, Midlothian

Accession Number

X.2005.11

Other references

None

Original description

Human skeletal remains. ORF: IDENTIFICATION - Department Section: Later prehistory. National Audit Category: Archaeology. Object Name: Human skeletal remains from Broomhill, Penicuik, Midlothian. Description: Human skeletal remains. FIELD COLLECTION - Place: Broomhill, Penicuik, Midlothian. Grid Reference: NT 229 597. Site Type: Cist. Circumstances of Discovery / Notes: NMRS Number: NT25NW 47. A possible cist burial was reported as eroding out of a rabbit burrow on a sandy hillside on the outskirts of Penicuik. A small excavation was undertaken in August 2000. During the course of the excavation a long cist burial, orientated E-W and partially capped by flat stones, was uncovered. Human remains, consisting only of the lower limbs, were revealed. Once the remains were removed and the interior of the cist fully excavated, the site was backfilled. (GUARD 923). Sponsor: Historic Scotland. NOTES and DOCUMENTATION - Bibliographic Reference: Will, B Broomhill, Penicuik, Midlothian, 2000 (= GUARD 923). Will B and Duffy, P 'Broomhill, Midlothian (Penicuik parish), long cist', Discovery Excav Scot, 1, 2000, 58. Registered / Completed By: Trevor Cowie. Date: 20 July 2005.

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

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Broomhill, Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

2005

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Historic Scotland, Finds Disposal Panel

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

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