Monument record MHG6881 - Cist w finds, Inchnacaorach

R Thomson diary "In spring of 1862, one of the castle servants while ploughing on home farm , came upon a prehistoric grave at Tomnahooly, some 12" below the surface. As usual this last resting place was formed by placing 4 unhewn slabs on their edges with a larger one atop to protect the remains. Inside it contained a complete skeleton of a man in fairly good condition together with a rudely ornamented clay urn, now in nAirn Mus. Close by had been laid the deceased persons javelin & harpoon………... Next day I found among the loose earth a similar weapon a chisel.. V rare… to British Museum…. Antiquarian mUseum in Edinburgh….. - HAW 2/2003

NH84NE 9 852 494.

A short cist, containing a beaker, a crouched burial and three bone implements - evidently two awls and a chisel - was found in or before 1861 on the farm of Inchnacaorach (NH 852 494).
The site lay in an arable field part of which consisted of a low ridge. The cist lay 15" below the surface of one of the prominent knobs of this ridge (Information contained in letter from W A Stables to Earl of Cawdor, 13 April 1861).
The beaker - short neck, type N.3 (Clarke 1970) - and implements were presented to the British Museum by the Earl of Cawdor but the implements could not be traced in 1960. (Walker 1967) (Beaker: 1861, 6-27, 1-4). Proc Soc Antiq Lond 1861; I C Walker 1967; D L Clarke 1970.

No further information. Visited by OS (N K B) 21 January 1971.