Find Spot record MHG5689 - Glac an Dorchadais, Eigg
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NM 4500 8499 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NM48SE |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | SMALL ISLES |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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Unlocated.
A Viking bronze pin, some 12 cm long, from Eigg (centred NM 4786) is in the NMAS (Acc No: BN 51).
S Grieg 1940
This pin was an item in a collection of material from Eigg which was donated to the NMAS by Prof N MacPherson is 1878 and 1882. Other articles (not recorded elsehwere) comprised: a sandstone whetstone, 6 1/4 ins long (BN 48); a stone whorl, 1 3/8 ins in diameter (BN 49), an iron ferrule (IL 168) and a portion of an iron sickle (IL 169).
NMAS Catalogue 1892
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG2295 Text/Publication/Volume: Grieg, S. 1940. Viking antiquities in Scotland. Vol.2, 168; fig.83.
- --- SHG2591 Text/Publication/Volume: NMAS. 1892. Catalogue of the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland. 96, 272.
- --- SHG3142 Text/Publication/Article: Fanning, T. 1983. Some aspects of the bronze ringed pin in Scotland. SHG23447. 324-42. 337, No.22.
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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
