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102 Findhorn

Bead(S) (Faience), Cinerary Urn, Unidentified Flint (Flint)

Site Name 102 Findhorn

Classification Bead(S) (Faience), Cinerary Urn, Unidentified Flint (Flint)

Alternative Name(s) Findhorn Village

Canmore ID 69430

Site Number NJ06SW 59

NGR NJ 039 644

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

C14 Radiocarbon Dating

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Moray
  • Parish Kinloss
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Moray
  • Former County Morayshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ06SW 59 039 644.

On an east-facing sand ridge in the village of Findhorn, discovered during building operations, a cremation pit containing pyre debris and an inverted cordoned urn, 42cm tall; with a base diameter of 15cm, and a shoulder diameter of c28cm. The urn contained the cremated remains of a female, aged between 18 and 25 at death, and an infant between the third trimester and birth. They were accompanied by one star-shaped faience bead, twelve complete and eighteen fragmentary cylindrical segmented faience beads. A secondary cremation deposit lay in the upper fill of the pit and contained part of a star-shaped faience bead and a complete quoit-shaped faience bead, both unburnt, as well as a chunk of grey flint.

The objects are at present in Forres Museum.

I A G Shepherd and A N Shepherd 1989

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