Download – Excavation of three Early Christian graves at Lyne, near Peebles | 2005 | 1.5MB | Tam Ward, Bag |
The discovery of a single cist found to be eroding from a gravel bank led to the detection of a further two cists, all of which were shown by excavation to be long cists of Early Christian date. The site was consequently created into a heritage trail.
While visiting the Roman fort of Lyne, near Peebles in July 1998, Sharon Corder and David Cowley, both trained archaeologists, recognised a cist eroding from the summit of a nearby gravel ridge. The writer was informed and an emergency excavation on the site was organised in the belief that the cist, which appeared to be a short cist, was a Bronze Age burial.
