Bronze Age cist (Bowsden)
(NT 984414) A cist was uncovered when a large stone was removed, after it had been revealed by ploughing, by Mr J Wilson on Bowsden West Farm in 1963. The cist was 4ft long, 3ft wide and 3ft deep, and was constructed of sandstone slabs. It contained a little clay soil and fragments of pottery in its south-east corner. Reconstruction of the pottery fragments revealed two incomplete Early Bronze Age food vessel urns. There was no evidence of inhumation or cremation within the cist. The incomplete food vessel urns were deposited in Alnwick Castle Museum. (1)
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