Estonian Journal of Archaeology, 2009, 14, 1, doi: 10.3176/arch.2010.1. Heiki Valk and Raili Allme SIKS˜L˜ KIRIKUM˜GI: EVIDENCE OF A NEW GRAVE FORM IN SOUTH-EASTERN ESTONIA? The article discusses the excavation results of Late Iron Age cemetery on Siksl Kirikumgi, south-easternmost corner of Estonia. On the basis of analysis of cremated bones and the context of their location the presence of a new grave form  flat-ground cremation burials with unfurnished cremains poured or dispersed on burial plots deepened into the ground and later levelled  is suggested. The article also presents the results of analysis of cremains from Siksl Kirikumgi. Heiki Valk, Institute of History and Archaeology, University of Tartu, 3 Lossi St., Tartu, Estonia; heiki.valk@ut.ee Raili Allme, Institute of History, University of Tallinn, 6 Rüütli St., 10130 Tallinn, Estonia; raili.allmae@ai.ee Finding place and context The archaeological complex of Siksl (Laul & Valk 2007) is located in the south-easternmost corner of Estonia, 23 km south of Misso village, ca. 7 km west of the present-day EstonianRussian border and 34 km north of the EstonianLatvian border. The complex consists of several monuments, including two cemeteries called Kalmetemgi (Graves Hill) and Kirikumgi (Church Hill) which are located at the ends of the same, oblong ridge. The cemetery on Kalmetemgi, mainly from the 11th15th centuries, was investigated in the extent of ca. 80% in 19801993 whereby 242 inhumation graves with 253 burials, and 27 cremation burials were studied (Heapost 2007, table 1; Laul & Valk 2007, 29 ff.). In the further analysis of the scattered material from cremation graves, regarded formerly as stray finds, 11 additional cremations have been distinguished. The first excavations on Kirikumgi, a hill with the height of ca. 6 m between Lake Hino and Lake Mustjrv (Fig. 1) took place in 2003 (Valk 2004), in order to verify or disprove the former presence of the chapel, reflected in oral tradition, and of the suggested medieval cemetery. In the course of these works a 100 m long and 40 cm wide trench was dug along the hilltop (Fig. 2). The trench was divided into 1-metre long units, the numeration of which started from the west.