Find Spot record MHG18481 - Gleann Geal
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NM 7199 4999 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NM74NW |
| Old County | ARGYLL |
| Civil Parish | MORVERN |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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Full Description
Wooden keg containing bog butter found during peat cutting at the N end of Glen Gell (Gleann Geal?), Morvern. A radiocarbon date of 1802 +/- 35bp (UB-3185) was obtained from the contents of the keg. In Royal Museum of Scotland (ME 166/SHC 1).
W I Macadam 1882; C Earwood 1992
See NM75SE 1 for alternative location.
RMS ME166; 'Keg of butter....cut out of one piece, 24 x 16.5 in., with lid, found under 4.5 feet of peat in moss at Glen Gell, Morvern, Argyllshire - Purchased 1879'.
NMAS 1892 Catalogue.
The bog butter contained in the keg has been dated by radiocarbon to 148+/- 35ad (UB-3185), or 120-329 cal AD.
NMRS MS/735/1
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG1328 Text/Publication/Article: Macadam, W I. 1882. 'On the results of a chemical investigation into the composition of the "bog butters" and of "adipocere" and the "mineral resins;" with notice of a cask of bog butter found in Glen Gell, Morvern, Argyllshire, and now in the Museum', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vo. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 204-23. 206, 220-1.
- --- SHG1771 Text/Publication/Article: Earwood, C. 1992. 'Two Early Historic bog butter containers', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 121 1991, p.231-40. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 231-40. 232-6, 239.
- --- SHG2591 Text/Publication/Volume: NMAS. 1892. Catalogue of the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland. 326.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
