What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dumfries, Palmerston as Cremation Cemetery (bronze Age), Blade (bronze)(bronze Age)(possible), Cinerary Urn(s) (pottery)(bronze Age), Food Vessel Urn (pottery)(bronze Age), Scraper (tool) (flint)(prehistoric), Smoothing Equipment (stone)(prehistoric), Unidentified Object (stone. The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Bronze Age cremation cemetery, dated to approximately 1500–800 BCE. Its significance lies in the presence of cinerary urns and food vessels, indicating early funerary practices and pottery traditions in southern Scotland.
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Places near here
Queen of the South Football Club, Palmerston ParkFootball Ground (19th Century) - (20th Century), Stadium (20th Century) · 154 yd
Dumfries, Laurieknowe, Maxwelltown West Church, War Memorial GatesWar Memorial (20th Century) · 261 yd
Dumfries, Laurieknowe, Free ChurchChurch (19th Century), Drill Hall (19th Century) - (20th Century), Drill Hall (first World War)(possible), Garage (modern) · 348 yd
Dumfries Old BridgeMotte (medieval)(possible) · 435 yd
Old Bridge House MuseumMuseum · 482 yd
Mary: Dumfries, River NithSloop (19th Century) · 631 yd
Robert Burns CentreMuseum · 713 yd
Dumfries, Castle StreetFortified House (period Unassigned) · 724 yd
Burns StatueMemorial · 744 yd
Maxwelltown War MemorialMemorial · 819 yd
Castledykes ParkNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
Covenanters' CaveCave (nil Antiquity), Covenanters Cave (17th Century) · 1.4 miOther information
Photo: Craig Brown · CC BY-SA 2.0