Find Spot record MHG10798 - 2 Urns, Loch Brora

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Grid reference Centred NC 8576 0790 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC80NE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish CLYNE

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(NC 8575 0791) Two Urns found AD 1871 (NAT)
OS 6"map, (1964)

A short distance to the east of the confluence of Allt nam Bonnach with Loch Brora two urns were found in 1871 and are (in 1872) in the museum attached to Dunrobin Castle.
Name Book 1872; J M Davidson 1940.

There is no mound or cairn at this spot. The two urns are still in Dunrobin Museum.
Visited by OS (J L D) 19 July 1961.

These two urns cannot be identified specifically in Dunrobin Museum. Visited by OS (N K B) 28 June 1976.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Davidson, J M. 1940. 'Notes on some antiquities from Sutherland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, Vol 74 (1939-40), pp 13-23. p 23.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 5, 18.

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Apr 13 2010 2:03PM

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