Dumfries, Palmerston
Cremation Cemetery (Bronze Age), Blade (Bronze)(Bronze Age)(Possible), Cinerary Urn(S) (Pottery)(Bronze Age), Food Vessel Urn (Pottery)(Bronze Age), Scraper (Tool) (Flint)(Prehistoric), Smoothing Equipment (Stone)(Prehistoric), Unidentified Object (Stone)(Prehistoric)
Site Name Dumfries, Palmerston
Classification Cremation Cemetery (Bronze Age), Blade (Bronze)(Bronze Age)(Possible), Cinerary Urn(S) (Pottery)(Bronze Age), Food Vessel Urn (Pottery)(Bronze Age), Scraper (Tool) (Flint)(Prehistoric), Smoothing Equipment (Stone)(Prehistoric), Unidentified Object (Stone)(Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 65512
Site Number NX97NE 11
NGR NX 9646 7621
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/65512
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Troqueer (Dumfries-shire)
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX97NE 11 9646 7621.
(NX 9646 7621) Bronze Age Urnfield found AD 1930 (NAT)
OS 25" map (1965)
A Bronze Age urnfield was uncovered in April 1930 when levelling a field at Palmerston, between Terregles Street and Glasgow Street. A total of at least ten urns, including a food vessel and two pygmy vessels, the remainder being cinerary urns, were found; they contained cremations, one accompanied by a flint scraper and greenish staining of the cremated bone suggesting the former presence of a bronze blade. A smooting stone and two stones which might be considered implements were also found. The material was all found within a circular area 41 ft in diameter; there was no trace of a covering cairn. The finds were donated to Dumfries Museum.
G W Shirley 1932; D D A Simpson 1965; A Morrison 1968
Sited to NX 9646 7621 by Mr Truckell, Dumfries Museum.
Visited by OS (EGC) 8 December 1960