Site type CIST
Canmore ID 49311
Site Number NT07SW 6
NGR NT 001 724
Council WEST LOTHIAN
Parish LINLITHGOW
Former Region LOTHIAN
Former District WEST LOTHIAN
Former County WEST LOTHIAN

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Archaeological Notes

NT07SW 6 c. 001 724

Possibly on map sheet NS97SE.

A beaker (Clarke's N.3 type), found in a cist at Tartraven (name: NT 001 724) c. 1862, was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1887 by R Carfrae (Accession no: EG 32). It measures 5 1/2" high by 4 3/8" across the mouth.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1887; D L Clarke 1970

No further information.
Visited by OS (JLD) 4 December 1952 and (DWR) 21 March 1974

Clarke, D L (1970) Beaker pottery of Great Britain and Ireland, 2v Cambridge
Page(s): Vol.2, 522, no.1794 Held at RCAHMS E.8.CLA

PSAS (1887) 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library, with exhibits', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, vol.21
Page(s): 199