In 1821 John Hodgson notes under Hepple:-
'In the field on which Kirk on the Hill stands several urns have been found ...... They were of an Indian sort of workmanship, brown without, blacker within, about 8 of them in all ...... One was given to the ASNC 2 in one Kistvaen and one in each of the others ..... The urns were found in small barrows thrown up over the Kistvaens (a) ....' 'The urns were found in barrows scattered over the field in which the Chapel stands and to the west of it'...... The urn given to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle was presented by John Smart of Trewhitt House on 1 March 1815 (b). Described as 'a small urn, found in a larger one' it would seem to have been an 'incense cup', but has so far eluded identification. It may even have ceased to exist. (1)

'West of Hepple and near the site of the old chapel (NT 90 SE 10) a number of Urns have been found.' (2)

'Mr Tate notified that at Kirkhill, Mr Wilson (I suppose the farmer) found several urns. This might be about 1862.' (3)

Area NT 974006. Kirkhill saddles a south-west ridge of pasture land near to its highest point. Within the field at its eastern end is a small rise of ground, the site of a chapel, (NT 90 SE 10). No traces of barrows or cists could be found. The field has been under plough in recent years and has been re-sown with grass. No urns from Kirkhill were located at the Black Gate Museum, and the location of the incense cup at the British Museum was not confirmed. (4)

List of 'Urns known from Literature only'.
Kirkhill, Hepple, pre 1825. A number of urns found (c)
Kirkhill, Hepple, C 1862. Several urns found (d)
List of 'Incense Cups'
Kirkhill, Hepple, 1815. Small urn found inside a larger one in cist (e)
(For another Incense Cup possibly from this site (See NT 90 SE 18).(5)

Excavations by Miket in 1972 exposed two pits at the south of the chapel (NT 90 SE 10), one containing the partial remains of three adults and a child in an inverted urn. The urn is now in the Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle upon Tyne. Reg No 1973-2. No trace of the pits mentioned by Authority 5 could be located on the ground, or any of the barrows or cists described by Authority 1. (6)

Eight vessels found in small barrows in the Kirkhill area, two from one cist, the others in six individual cists. Lost.
Cinerary urn, inverted with cremations of three adults and a child. (1292+/-90bc (SRR.133)). Collared urn, 322mm high, 270mm rim diameter, 109 mm base diameter. In Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle (1973.2). (8)

Bronze Age cremation cemetery and medieval/post-medieval chapel, excavated 1972 [see also NT 90 SE 10]. (9)

General association with HER 1208 (small Bronze Age food vessel) (10)