An Iron Age child burial at Dunbar Golf Course, East Lothian

A cist and a series of ditches were discovered during a watching brief on groundworks at Dunbar Golf Course, East Lothian. The cist contained the remains of a child of approximately three years of age, which yielded a radiocarbon date of cal AD 75-242. Placed with the burial was a copper alloy penannular brooch, likely to be a local Roman Iron Age product, but unusually small. The ditches do not form an identifiable shape and post-date the cist. A sherd of saurian ware which was not associated with any features was recovered from a service trench. In discussion the cist is set in the context of other local finds.