| Title: |
Notes: (5) Recent Excavations carried out at Borland Castle Hill, Cumnock, South Ayrshire. With a Report on the Sherds.
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| Issue: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 74 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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| Volume: |
74
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| Number of Pages: |
169 |
| Page Start/End: |
136 - 137 |
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| Licence Type: |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
Following the discovery of three rim sherds, a shoulder sherd of a cinerary urn, several fragments of charred wood and a few tiny pieces of broken burnt bone a formal investigation was carried out and a clay filled pit was excavated. One of the layers in the pit consisted of red ashes, surrounded by a margin of unconsumed oak charcoal and fine black earth, with a few very small fragments of burnt bone. This feature has been interpreted as a pyre site. Beaker sherds were located in the vicinity. A nearby shaft was probably used as a medieval kitchen refuse dump for Borland Castle. |
| Year of Publication: |
1939
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Borland Castle (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Burnt Bone (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Charred Wood (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Charcoal (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Sherd (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Kitchen Refuse Dump (Auto Detected Subject) |
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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| Cinerary Urn (Auto Detected Subject) |
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PIT
(Monument Type England)
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| Sherds (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
(ADS Archive)
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| Created Date: |
13 Dec 2013 |
