The Bronze Age
Ritual
Bronze Age Urn, Ochiltree
- Period:
- Bronze Age
- Description:
-
A cinerary urn found in a mound in 1955 when excavating for drains at a new housing scheme. The urn, which was found inverted 1.0m below the present surface, contained a large quantity of calcined bones and rested on a clay 'floor' without a stone slab.
Perhaps the mound contains further urns, and there is the possibility that this may be a tumulus containing a central cist and a number of secondary cremation burials.
- Place of Discovery:
- Ochiltree
- Materials/Media:
- ceramic
- Source:
- Rozelle House Galleries
- Accession number:
- 3756 SAC
- Digital Number:
- SAAH002n
- Copyright:
- South Ayrshire Council
- RCAHMS site record:
- Urn, Ochiltree
