Monument record MHG14358 - Kinsteary House, urn and beads
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 9229 5414 (604m by 304m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH95SW |
| Old County | NAIRNSHIRE |
| Civil Parish | AULDEARN |
| Geographical Area | NAIRN |
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Full Description
NH95SW 10 92 54
In 1888 a cist containing an 'urn' and a 'necklace of glass beads' was found at Kinsteary (house at NH 926 543). A Cinerary Urn and some bones now in the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow (A.1939.1-2), may have come from this site.
RCAHMS 1978, visited May 1978
Local enquiries produced no further information.
Visited by OS (RL) 17 December 1970.
Information from ARCH Community Timeline Project: Auldearn:
According to Bain 1893, pp. 11-2 the objects were in possession of Lady Gordon Cathcart at Cluny Castle, but their whereabouts now are unknown.
Bain, G. 1893. History of Nairnshire, 2nd ed. <1>
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SHG1938 Text/Publication/Volume: Bain, G. 1893. History of Nairnshire. 2nd ed.. 11-12.
- --- SHG2497 Text/Publication/Volume: Matheson, C. 1915. Moray and Nairn. 126.
- --- SHG2672 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1978. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Nairn District, Highland Region. . 10, no.38.
- --- SHG27 Text/Publication/Article: Robertson, A S. 1953. 'A Bronze Age cinerary urn from Kinsteary, Nairn', Trans Glasgow Archaeol Soc, New Series, Vol 12, p 37-8.
- <1> SHG25449 Collection/Project Archive: Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands (ARCH). 08/2011. Digital site gazetteer and archive for ARCH Community Timeline Project: Auldearn. Yes. Site 10.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Sep 9 2011 11:50AM
