Monument record MHG2536 - Cist, Glengolly Farm

Summary

Site of a cist containing a beaker.

Location

Grid reference Centred ND 1019 6599 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND16NW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish THURSO
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

May be a duplicate here with ND16NW0007 ie a beaker in a cist from Glengolly Farm - check - HAW 11/2004

NB one beaker from Glengolly is published in PSAS with drawings - HAW 6/2003

Renumbered from ND16NW0007A JHooper, 22/10/2002

This 'urn', a beaker, is in Thurso Museum (Acc No: ARC 58).
Visited by OS (J M) 16 February 1982.

Listed by Clarke as an N4 type beaker, from Heathfield, Glengolly. He also notes a second beaker, type unknown, now lost, but gives no further information regarding it. (Heathfield farm is at ND 105 667, while Glengolly is at ND 102 660.)
D L Clarke 1970.

Dr Mill of Thurso has preserved a beautiful urn, ornamented with lines of dots forming a curiously intricate pattern. It was found in a cist, the cover of which was raised by the plough on his farm of Glengolly. (See ND16NW 7.)
J Anderson 1866.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Anderson, J. & Shearer, R.I.. 1866. Report on the ancient remains of Caithness and results of explorations conducted for the Anthropological Society of London by Messrs. Joseph Anderson and Robert Innes Shearer in 1865. Memoirs Read Before the Anthropological Society of London Vol. 2 (1865-6). 226-56. 253.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Clarke, D L. 1970. Beaker pottery of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 2, 516, Nos. 1609-10.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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