Find Spot record MHG12958 - Medieval trough and bog butter find - near Durness, Sutherland
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 40000 66999 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC46NW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DURNESS |
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Full Description
RMS SHC 9. Found waterlogged in peat cutting; recovered in pieces and conserved with acetone resin. Worked from one solid log of oak and contained irregular pitted lump of bog butter some 340mm long. <1>
Carved rectangular oak trough with rim handles, dated to 1010 +/- 80 ad (OxA-3010). NMS SHC 9. <2>
Location cited as NC 40 67. Rectangular handled trough found in peat-cutting 1969 and dated to 960-1260 AD (OxA-3010). NMS SHC 9 (trough) and 10 (butter).
NMRS, MS/996/1. <3>
Similar to trough found at Loch Glashan crannog, Mid Argyll. <4>
The original published NGR for the findspot of this trough is clearly incorrect and although the location in <3> is closer, it is the corner of a grid square that happens to contain Durness itself. In the absence of a definite grid reference the NGR has been moved to that in <3> - IS-L 20/8/2012.
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SHG1529 Text/Publication/Article: Close-Brooks, J. 1985. 'Some objects from peat bogs', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 114 1984, p.578-81. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 578-81. 580.
- <2> SHG1646 Text/Publication/Article: Earwood, C. 1993. 'The dating of wooden troughs and dishes', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 123 1993, p.355-62. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 355-62. 356-7; illus 1.
- <3> SHG2155 Text/Publication/Volume: Earwood, C. 1993. Domestic wooden artefacts in Britain and Ireland from Neolithic to Viking times. 100, 101, 274.
- <4> SHG1733 Text/Publication/Article: Earwood, C. 1991. 'The wooden artefacts from Loch Glashan crannog, Mid Argyll. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. Vol. 120 pp.79-94; fiche 1: E1-8. 80.
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Record last edited
Aug 20 2012 12:59PM
