Monument record MHG11738 - Cist and burial, Dornoch Nursery
Summary
No summary available.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 7980 9080 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH79SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DORNOCH |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
NH79SE 18 7980 9081.
NH 797909. A short cist found in forestry nursery at Hilton of Embo was exacavated in September 1979. It lay NW-SE and measured 0.96m by 0.72m internally; it had a massive capstone but no base-stone, nor was it looted. The contents consisted of a crouched skeleton, an all over corded beaker, five barbed and tanged arrowheads, a bracer (Atkinson's class B.1), a flint strike-a-light and an iron ore nodule. All finds are in Inverness Museum (INVMG 980.15-19).
K Antonio, P Ashmore and R Gourlay 1979; G Harden 1985.
The precise find spot of the cist was pointed out by the head forester at NH 7980 9081.
Visited by OS 2 December 1980.
Sources/Archives (10)
- --- SHG728 Text/Publication/Article: Ashmore, P J. 1990. 'Excavation of a beaker cist at Dornoch Nursery, Sutherland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 119 1989, p.63-71. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 63-71. 63-71.
- --- SHG8000 Image/Photograph(s): DNC, Beaker + skeleton in cist. Unknown. .
- --- SHG8001 Image/Photograph(s): DNC, finds. Unknown. .
- --- SHG8002 Image/Photograph(s): DNC, cist as left by FC. Unknown. .
- --- SHG8003 Image/Photograph(s): DNC, general view. Unknown. .
- --- SHG8004 Image/Photograph(s): DNC, excavation area. Unknown. .
- --- SHG8005 Image/Photograph(s): DNC, cover slab lying by cist. Unknown. .
- --- SHG8006 Image/Photograph(s): DNC, cist, top of beaker visible. Unknown. .
- --- SHG897 Text/Publication/Article: Antonio, Ashmore and Gourlay, K, P and R. 1979. 'Hilton of Embo (Dornoch p) short cist', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1979, p.18. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 18. 18.
- --- SHG898 Text/Publication/Article: Harden, G, P and R. 1985. 'Hilton of Embo (Dornoch p) short cist', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1985, p.27. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 27. 27.
Finds (5)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Mar 10 2015 2:10PM
