Chesters Glen
Human Remains (Bronze Age), Cinerary Urn(S) (Bronze Age), Unidentified Pottery (Bronze Age)
Site Name Chesters Glen
Classification Human Remains (Bronze Age), Cinerary Urn(S) (Bronze Age), Unidentified Pottery (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 57147
Site Number NT62SW 8
NGR NT 6054 2309
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57147
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Ancrum
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
Note (1956)
Urn-Burials, Chesters Glen (Site).
In 1897 three Bronze Age Cinerary Urns and a quantity of calcined bones were found at the top of the N bank of the Chesters Glen some 70ft above the burn (J Duns 1897, 200-1). Two of the urns stood on flat stones, while the third lay on "a very rough pavement of small broken stones". One urn and a number of bones are preserved in the Hawick Museum.
RCAHMS 1956.
Field Visit (27 January 1967)
NT62SW 8 6054 2309.
(NT 6054 2309) Urns and Human Remains found AD 1897. (NAT).
OS 6" map, Roxburghshire, (1923).
There are no traces of a cairn or tumulus at the site.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 27 January 1967.
Note (1981)
'Bronze age pottery supposedly from Teinside Hawick, Shaws near Selkirk and Chesters, Ancrum' is in Wilton Lodge Museum (HAKMG 4351-4353). 'Yet to be sorted out'.
Museum Catalogue (typescript, compiled 1981).
Sbc Note
Visibility: Not applicable. Site of an unprovenanced find.
Information from Scottish Borders Council