A reconsideration of the 'Ardiffery' finds, Cruden, Aberdeenshire

Abstract

The provenances and contents are distinguished of two groups of artefacts from Cruden which are commonly confused in archaeological literature. A cist found at Uppermill, Cruden (NK 053370) in 1821 contained partial inhumations of a man and a child, pig bones, a wristguard, seven barbed-and-tanged arrowheads, two flint knives and two beakers of Clarke's Developed Northern (N2) group. The objects found in 1812 at Greenbrae, Cruden (NK 057358) include jet and amber beads and an edge-polished flint axe. A R