Monument record MHG10068 - Cairn, Kyle of Oykel
Summary
Bronze Age cairn
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 59 92 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH59SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | CREICH |
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Full Description
No further information found during field investigation.
Visited by OS (W D J) 8 June 1963.
Late Bronze Age V G Childe 1946.
A bronze anvil 3.75" long, was found about 1870, in a cairn near the Kyle of Oykel a little further up than the cairn at Maikle which yielded a Bronze Age razor.(NH69SW 26) The only known one to have been found in Scotland, the anvil was donated to NMAS by the Duke of Sutherland in 1891.
J A Smith 1882; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1891.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG1245 Text/Publication/Article: Smith, J A. 1882. 'Notice of a large copper-like or brass anvil, stated to have been found in the South of Scotland: also of a small ancient bronze anvil, found in Sutherland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 16 1881-2, p.15-25. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 15-25. 22-5.
- --- SHG2047 Text/Publication/Volume: Childe, V G. 1946. Scotland before the Scots: being the Rhind lectures 1944. 68; illust..
- --- SHG615 Text/Publication/Article: PSAS. 1891. 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library, with exhibits', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 25 1890-1, p.6-8, 64-8, 131-4, 163-6, 348-51, 417-21. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 6-8, 64-8, 131-4, 163-6, . 67.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
