Find Spot record 1139 - ORONSAY, NORTH UIST
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | NF 85110 75640 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NF87NE |
| Island | Oronsay, North Uist |
| Parish | NORTH UIST, Western Isles |
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Full Description
NF87NE 22 8511 7564.
Area : NF 848 761) A hoard of gold ingots and finger-rings was found in a sandhill at the NE end of Oransay, west of Vallaquie, between 1865 and 1870. The site was immediately to the SE of some ruined cairns (NF87NE 19).
Anderson (J Anderson 1883) described and figured examples of plain and plaited finger-rings 'found somewhere in the Hebrides' and Beveridge thought it very probable that these were from Oransay, but in any case he was certain they were similar.
Anderson's rings, now in the NMAS, included one plain penannular ring and six plaited rings.
J Anderson 1883; E Beveridge 1911.
According to local information the gold hoard was found at NF 8511 7564 by two shepherds.
Visited by OS (R D) 23 June 1965.
J Anderson, 1883a, Scotland in pagan times: the iron age: the Rhind lectures in archaeology 1881, 107 illust. (Bibliographic reference). SWE625.
Erskine Beveridge, 1911, North Uist: its archaeology and topography, 238, 266 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12876.
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Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM
