Find Spot record MHG10157 - Forge Tongs, Dun Phail

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Grid reference Centred ND 0140 1379 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND01SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish KILDONAN

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A pair of iron forge tongs, possibly Viking, from near the broch of Gartymore (ND01SW 2), were donated to Dunrobin Museum, through Sergent Anderson, Helmsdale, on March 17th 1891. (Acc No. X122).
The label indicates that they were found with burnt bone, charcoal, deerhorn and two pieces of broken stone cup. Grieg (1940) accepts the tongs as being a Viking type.
S Grieg 1940; Information from TS of the Catalogue of Dunrobin Museum, by A S Henshall, 1966.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Grieg, S. 1940. Viking antiquities in Scotland. 162-3; illust..

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Sep 17 2010 1:38PM

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