Find Spot record MHG3829 - Findspot of deer antlers, Church Street

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Findspot of deer antlers exhibiting cut marks and fossilised oak

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Grid reference Centred NH 66597 45329 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH64NE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish INVERNESS AND BONA
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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In 1830, workmen engaged in constructing a sewer in Church Street, Inverness, found at a depth of fourteen feet below the surface, in a stratum of blue clay, numerous large trunks of fossil oak; and along with these several deer's horns, one of which, bearing unmistakable marks of artificial cutting is now deposited in the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
D Wilson 1863; Archaeol Scot 1890.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Archaeol Scot. 1890. 'List of donations presented to the Society of Antiquities of Scotland', Archaeol Scot Vol. 5 1861-80, p.1-79. Archaeol Scot. 1-79. 24.

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Record last edited

Jul 17 2012 3:00PM

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