Cist with urn at Low Trewitt (Netherton with Biddlestone)
(Area NT 996 046) About a quarter of a mile west of the tree-planted tumulus (NU 00 SW), on the north side of a rivulet, a cist was dug up, formed of large stones placed in a rectangle with another stone as cover. Inside the cist was an urn containing ashes and bones. (1)
At Low Trewhitt on rising ground near the burnside, in fine loam, a cist was found. Oriented south west-north east it was 4ft 0in long x 16in wide and contained an urn about 9in (? high) with ashes inside. This is thought to be the cist mentioned by MacLauchlan. The urn was 'tulip' shaped. (2)
'Tulip shaped urn' from Low Trewhitt 1837 (Listed as 'Urn known from literature only'). (3)
The siting given by Authority 1, falls within a stubble-covered field on the north banks of the Foxton Burn. The field is flat by the burn, but rises gently towards the north boundary. No traces of antiquity were seen in the area. (4)
At Low Trewhitt on rising ground near the burnside, in fine loam, a cist was found. Oriented south west-north east it was 4ft 0in long x 16in wide and contained an urn about 9in (? high) with ashes inside. This is thought to be the cist mentioned by MacLauchlan. The urn was 'tulip' shaped. (2)
'Tulip shaped urn' from Low Trewhitt 1837 (Listed as 'Urn known from literature only'). (3)
The siting given by Authority 1, falls within a stubble-covered field on the north banks of the Foxton Burn. The field is flat by the burn, but rises gently towards the north boundary. No traces of antiquity were seen in the area. (4)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1957; A S Phillips
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