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Short Cist and its contents found near Dunrobin Castle 1880

Short Cist and its contents found near Dunrobin Castle 1880

Date Added: 17 October 2008 Year: 1880 Institution Name: dnhhl Cat No: | 2007_246_08 | Picture No: 5684

Notice of a Short Cist and its contents found near Dunrobin Castle Mar 24th 1880 read before Sutherland Field Club Ap 6th 1880, also a note of subsequent discovery in the same Mound of an Urn with incinerated human bones & part of a Bronze implement or ornament Septr 1880. Describes finding and contents of cist burial, which included a female skeleton, unbroken urn, a scraper and two flint flakes, 118 tiny shale discs, and quartz pebbles. Report (in Rev Joass's handwriting) includes a pen and ink drawing of the cist and another of the beaker. 9 sheets sewn.

Dimensions: Width 203 mm - Height 253 mm

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