Find Spot record MHG8474 - Tarbat Old Parish Church - quern

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Grid reference Centred NH 9144 8401 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH98SW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish TARBAT

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A broken trough quern is built into lower part of NW gatepost of churchyard, abutting Tarbat Ness road. Its concave face protrudes.
Visited by OS 20 Septemeber 1972.

Close-Brooks suggests that this, along with other similar examples known in Shetland, other parts of Ross- shire and
Inverness-shire, may be best dated to the Bronze Age (c.2,500BC – 700BC). <1>

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  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Davidson, J M. 1948. 'A miscellany of antiquities in Easter Ross and Sutherland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, Vol 80 (1945-46), pp 25-33. p 30.
  • <1> Text/Publication/Article: Close-Brooks, J. 1984. ''Some early querns'', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 113 1983, p.282-9. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 282-9. 288.

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Aug 28 2012 4:51PM

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