| Title: |
A cremation pit at Howford, Strichen, Aberdeenshire
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| Issue: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 146 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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| Volume: |
146
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| Page Start/End: |
91 - 102 |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
A small emergency excavation was undertaken under extreme conditions in 1984 after receiving a report that a Bronze Age urn was visible in an eroded embankment after a heavy frost. Cremated remains of a female adult and infant, 11 burnt flints, a possible fragment of ivory and five pierced clay ornaments were subsequently recovered from the remains of a cremation pit, but no urn was recorded. A radiocarbon determination 3510 ± 30 bp (SUERC-33727) was obtained from birchwood charcoal within the pit and a date from oak charcoal of 3600 ± 30 bp (SUERC-33728). Unfortunately, a few of these artefacts have been mislaid since deposition in a museum so were unavailable for analysis. The same site produced two other cremation pits, one in 1970 and another later in 1986, which produced a date of 3460 ± 35 bp (GrA-28622), suggesting a larger cemetery exists. |
| Year of Publication: |
2016
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| Locations: |
| Site: |
Howford Farm |
| Place: |
Strichen |
| County: |
Aberdeenshire |
| Country: |
Scotland |
| Country: |
United Kingdom |
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Grid Reference: 395385, 854725 (Easting, Northing)
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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CREMATION PIT
(Monument Type England)
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Clay ornaments
(Find)
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HUMAN REMAINS
(Object England)
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Cinerary urn
(Find)
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Unidentified flint
(Find)
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Cremation cemetery
(Monus)
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ivory fragment
(Find)
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BRONZE AGE
(Historic England Periods)
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
(ADS Archive)
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| Created Date: |
23 Nov 2017 |
