Find Spot record MHG28410 - Bog Butter, Poolewe

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Grid reference Centred NG 8599 8000 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG88SE
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish GAIRLOCH

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NG88SE 44 c. 86 80

The discovery of two finds of bog butter is recorded at Poolewe, one of them 'from the same bog as some bronze instruments' [presumably NG88SE 5] and the other 'in a hollow at the foot of the hill on which the bog lies'.
W I Macadam 1882.

?lost.
NMRS, MS/996/1.

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  • --- 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.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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