Find Spot record MHG8709 - Tain - bone pin & midden

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 7800 8200 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH78SE
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish TAIN

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The point of a Bone Pin ; a thin, square plate of bone with a perforation at each corner; a small, discoid bead of shell; and part of the burr end of a roe-deer horn, at the broken part encircled by a groove worn by friction; were found in a kitchen-midden near Tain, and presented to the NMAS by the finder, J Graham Callander.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1931.

No further information found during field investigation.
Visited by OS (W D J) 18 May 1963.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: PSAS. 1931. 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 65 1930-1, p.8-20, 256-61, 382-4, 408-13. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 8-20, 256-61, 382-4, 408-. 10.

Finds (3)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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