Find Spot record 1317 - BERNERAY

NF98SW 17 centred 91 82

A stone 'celt' found 'in an underground house' on the island of Berneray was exhibited in Glasgow in 1888, on loan from Mrs McNeil. Her collection later passed to the late Mr H H Mackenzie, factor of the North Uist estates, whose large collection was donated to RMS (NMAS) in 1972. However, this item was not with the material given to the Museum at that time. (Further stone artefacts from the collection were donated to RMS (NMAS) in 1978; they included a macehead and an axe-hammer - see NF86NW 24.)
International Exhibition, Glasgow 1888; J Close-Brooks and S Maxwell 1975.

International Exhibition, Glas, 1888, The Book of the Bishop's Castle and handbook of the Archaological Collection, 22, No. 15 (Bibliographic reference). SWE12805.

J and S Close-Brooks and Maxwe, 1972-4, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 287 (Bibliographic reference). SWE1217.