Hist Berwickshire Natur Club 48 (3)

Report on the excavation in 1999 of a substantial short cist discovered during the excavation of a trench for a water main. The remains of an adult female were discovered interred within the cist, which was covered by a substantial capstone. No grave goods were recovered from the cist; radiocarbon dating of the human remains places the burial within the Early to Middle Bronze Age. Adjacent to the cist burial was a wide, shallow feature containing a charcoal rich deposit. Numerous plant macrofossils were recovered from samples of this deposit. A number of adjoining sherds of a large bucket shaped vessel, which dates to approximately the middle-second to early-first millennium cal BC, and sherds from a further two vessels were also recovered. A radiocarbon date from a charred seed of barley corroborated the artefact dating. Includes specialist reports on

Excavation was conducted prior to house building in the centre of Lilliesleaf. The excavations revealed the remains of two adjoining cottages and a smaller building, probably a stable. They contained numerous internal features including hearths, drains and paving. Traces of plaster floors were noted. The front (north) walls of the buildings had not survived, probably having been replaced by the current boundary wall of the plot. Cartographic and documentary research demonstrated that the cottages were pre-1789 in date. Includes specialist reports on

Brief notes on archaeological investigations in the area in 2001, arranged alphabetically in two sections