Monument record MHG3776 - Cist w finds, Culduthel

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Grid reference Centred NH 6662 4223 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH64SE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish INVERNESS AND BONA
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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NH64SE 36 6662 4224.

A small Bronze Age square cist, containing a skeleton, beaker, eight flint arrowheads, bone toggle, amber bead, and a rare stone arm-bracer (used by archers to protect their arms from the bowstring) mounted with four large gold caps measuring about a quarter of an inch across their heads; was found on a school building site at Culduthel (NH 664 420) near Inverness on 22nd November 1975. (Information from L Wedderburn, Asst. Curator, Inverness Museum)
Information from The Scotsman 25 November 1975.

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  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Cist.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of North-east Inverness, Inverness District, Highland Region. . 13, No. 67.

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Record last edited

Mar 19 2015 3:02PM

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