Edinburgh, Holyrood Park, Arthur's Seat
Cist (Period Unassigned), Quern
Site Name Edinburgh, Holyrood Park, Arthur's Seat
Classification Cist (Period Unassigned), Quern
Alternative Name(s) Queen's Park
Canmore ID 52122
Site Number NT27SE 119
NGR NT 27564 72908
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52122
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 119 27 72.
Among 'Iron Age Cists', Ritchie lists the crouched inhumation of a woman in a cist found on Arthur's Seat; the upper stone of a quern is associated with it, therefore it is not of Bronze Age date, but its date is uncertain.
J Grant 1882; Information from TS of J N G Ritchie, 1971.
Noted.
NMRS, MS/726/96 (43, no. 19).