Find Spot record 1346 - STROND, HARRIS

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Centred on NG 03 84, findspot of Late Bronze Age gold penannular rings

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Grid reference NG 03000 84000 (point)
Map sheet NG08SW
Island Harris
Parish HARRIS, Western Isles

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NG08SW 5 centred 03 84.

Two small Late Bronze Age (J M Coles 1962) pennanular gold rings, scarcely larger than finger-rings, were found in digging the foundations of a house at Strond, Harris. They were acquired by the NMAS. (J Anderson 1886)
J Anderson 1886; J M Coles 1962.

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Visited by OS (N K B) 4 July 1969.


J Anderson, 1886a, Scotland in pagan times: the bronze and stone ages: the Rhind lectures in archaeology 1882, 213-14 (Bibliographic reference). SWE649.

J M Coles, 1959-60a, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 93 (Bibliographic reference). SWE1435.

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  • --- Bibliographic reference: J M Coles. 1959-60a. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 93. 16-134. 93.
  • --- Bibliographic reference: J Anderson. 1886a. Scotland in pagan times: the bronze and stone ages: the Rhind lectures in archaeology 1882. 213-14.

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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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