Monument record MHG11053 - Beaker in Cist, Woody Knowe

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 7026 4577 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC74NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish FARR

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NC74NW 7 7027 4577.

(NC 7027 5477) A beaker, found in a short cist, in a gravel pit by the roadside at Woody Knowe (NC 7023 4570), about 1911, was donated to NMAS in 1934 by the finder, Evander MacKay, 15 Wilton Road, Edinburgh. In 1960, Mr MacKay indicated the gravel quarry at the north end of Woody Knowe, and stated that he thought the date of discovery was around 1908. Beaker: Clarke's N/NR type: Acc No: EG 66.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1934; D L Clarke 1970; Visited by OS (J L D) 11 May 1960.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Woody Knowe. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Clarke, D L. 1970. Beaker pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 2, 522, No. 1787.
  • --- Text/Publication/Article: PSAS. 1934. 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 68 1933-4, p.10-26, 97-100, 190-193, 350-4, 412-19. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 10-26, 97-100, 190-193, 3. 413; fig. 2.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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