NS14NE 5 1991 4992 (NS 1991 4992) Bronze Age Cinerary Urns found AD 1830 (NAT) OS 6" map (1969) Urns containing human bones were found in an enclosure S of Highthorn farmhouse. They are now in the possession of Mr J Fullarton. Name Book 1856 These urns were found in 1839 when the road was being constructed. Name Book 1909. There was a considerable number of urns found. Not many were sound enough to be removed. They varied from 15 ins in height. They were unglazed and either had a decorated collar or were plain, in the form of a "common flower pot." J Dobie 1858. A stone axe (Acc No: AF 634) and a flint spearhead, (not numbered) said to have come from this spot, were donated to NMAS in 1890 by Mrs Boyd, Highthorn. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1890; NMAS MS list The site falls upon the grass-covered road verge, which appears to have levelled during the construction of the road. Visited by OS (DS) 12 September 1956. The stone axe NMS AF 634 remains petrologically unidentified. T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.