from Kinneil Mill Sand Quarry, near Linlithgow, Stirlingshire
This ceramic urn was found at Kinneil Mill sand quarry near Linlithgow in Stirlingshire. It was used to hold cremated remains, and was buried upside down in a cist or pit sometime between 2050 and 1600 BC.
The urn is decorated with impressions of twisted cord and by horizontal ribs.
By around 1750 BC, in mainland Scotland, cremation had become the favoured funerary custom. Cremated remains were gathered from the funeral pyre, sometimes cleanly, sometimes mixed with pyre debris, and usually placed in a large pottery urn.
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