NX16SE 33 1797 6425. (Area: NX 181 641) A cordoned urn (J M Coles), inverted over the partially incinerated remains of two adults, one of them possibly a woman, was broken during ploughing, in January 1916, at the edge of a low rocky knoll about 336 yards N.E. of the byre of Balniel Farm. Associated with the interment was a heavy, MBA: tanged-and-shouldered chisel, a quoit-shaped bead of vitreous paste, described by Coles as 'faience', and a bone crutch-headed pin. The chisel gave the impression of having been cast, but never completed for use. The relics were presented to National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) by the farmer James McQuistin in 1916. A O Curle 1916; J M Coles 1966 Enquiries at Balneil Farm proved negative. There are several low, rocky or stony knolls c.330 yards NE of the farm and a more accurate siting for the finds could not be ascertained. Visited by OS (RD) 12 March 1968 In 1916 an inverted Cordoned Urn containing cremated bone was discovered 300m NNE of Balneil. The cremation deposit represented the remains of two individuals, and it was accompained by a bronze tanged chisel, a faience quoit bead and a bone crutch-headed pin (RMS EQ 341-4); the bead and the pin had been burnt The position of the discovery was pointed out by Mr Coney, 3 Wellwood Terrace, New Luce. RCAHMS 1987, visited (IS) November 1986.