Summary

Assemblage including human skeletal material and Roman architectural stone fragments from excavations at Thornybank, Dalkeith, Northern By-pass, East Lothian

Accession Number

X.2000.9

Other references

Original description

Assemblage from excavations at Thornybank. ORF: Brief description: Assemblage from excavations at Thornybank, Dalkeith, Northern By-pass, East Lothian. (Site code BRIG?) – human skeletal material and Roman architectural stone fragments. Description: Detailed catalogue to follow. Registered by: Trevor Cowie. Date: 1/12/00. FJH note 8/2009 8 stones from a cist cemetery at Thornybank (7 reused Roman voussoirs, 1 sharpening stone) - site code BRIG 2, sf 19, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 (x2), 60. X.2000.9: '8 stones from a cist cemetery at Thornybank (7 reused Roman voussoirs, 1 sharpening stone) - site code BRIG 2, sf 19, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 (x2), 60'. Trevor Cowie notes, 18.6.2014: located at time of Findlay Building decant 2009, previously un-marked and/or unregistered, and therefore allocated temporary 'Yellow Tag' (YT) number FB.YT.125. Trevor Cowie notes, 27 August 2014: registered by Beverley Ballin Smith, August 2014 as part of Leith Cruiser Store decant. See X.2000.9.1-63 = X.HD 2213-2275.

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)

Thornybank, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

2000

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Finds Disposal Panel, Historic Scotland

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

None