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A Bronze Age Ring-Ditch and Cremation Pit, Falkirk

  • Writer: CFA Archaeolgy
    CFA Archaeolgy
  • Oct 31, 2024
  • 1 min read

Updated: 2 days ago

Published in the 38th edition of Calatria, 'A Bronze Age Ring-Ditch and Cremation Pit at Williamson Street, Falkirk', by Christina Hills, describes the results of CFA's post-excavation assessment on an interesting and exciting site from Falkirk, Scotland.


First, an evaluation and excavation was undertaken at Williamson Street, Falkirk in 2019 by GUARD Archaeology Ltd. CFA Archaeology was subsequently commissioned by the JR Group to complete a programme of post-excavation analysis on the recovered materials.


The site included a ring ditch and a pit which contained a cremation urn, the finds of which were examined in this article. The cremation urn was completely intact and contained cremated human remains, three bone beads, and three bone points or pins, all of which were dated to the Early Bronze Age. This project featured multiple scientific analyses, including environmental testing of the charcoal and radiocarbon dating of the cremated bone.


Altogether, although the ring-ditch and cremation should be considered separately, both features fit within the patterns of ring-ditches and cremation burials within Scotland. The evidence from Williamson Street, Falkirk adds important data to the corpus of similar sites from Scotland, adding significantly to our knowledge of the Early Bronze Age.





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