Editing Newport-on-Tay (section)

==Archaeology==
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An excavation carried out by [[Headland Archaeology]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Stronach |first1=Simon |last2=Sheridan |first2=Alison |last3=Henderson |first3=David |year=2006 |title=A Bronze Age cremation cemetery at North Straiton, Fife |url=https://www.tafac.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/V12p1-13_Stronach-et-al.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Tayside Fife Archaeological Journal |language=en |location=Fife, Scotland |publisher=Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee |volume=12 |pages=1{{ndash}}13 |issn=2632-2420 |oclc=1084407941 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225235049/https://www.tafac.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/V12p1-13_Stronach-et-al.pdf |archive-date=25 February 2022}}</ref> in the farm of North Straiton near Newport-on-Tay uncovered part of a [[Bronze Age Britain|Bronze Age]] [[cremation]] cemetery and a line of postholes. Five human cremations were found in a group of scattered disposal pits. Around 25 metres away was a line of postholes, one of which was also associated with cremated human bone. [[Radiocarbon]] dates from the features indicated that they had been created in the Bronze Age, from around 1700 to 2000 BC.

The line of posts was substantial and may have been associated with the cremations rather than a building or fence. It is possible that the posts may have been memorials or markers close to the pyre used to burn the dead. Part of a quern stone and some burnt animal bone suggested that the cremation ceremony also involved preparing food. A collection of pottery was found with the cremations. This included a complete accessory vessel and fragments from a larger decorated pot that covered it.