Find Spot record MHG1550 - Findspot from Broch, Reay Parish

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Findspot of comb and ring.

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Grid reference Centred ND 0200 5700 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND05NW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish REAY
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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A bone comb and a small stone ring, dug up near a broch in Reay parish (centred ND 0257) were recorded in a volume printed in 1827 as having been presented to Museum of the Northern Institution.
J Barron 1915.

The collection of Museum of the Northern Institution, which accumulated for about ten years from 1825, is now in Inverness Museum. No trace of a 'bone comb' or a 'small stone ring' from Reay was found there.
Visited by OS (J B) 14 August 1981.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Barron, J. 1915. 'The Northern Institution', Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club Vol. 7 1906-12, p.200-37. Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club. 200-37. 232.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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