Find Spot record 639 - SLIGEANACH KILDONAN, SOUTH UIST
Summary
Copper alloy pins, needle, nails and mount
Location
| Grid reference | NF 72700 28300 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NF72NW |
| Island | South Uist |
| Parish | SOUTH UIST, Western Isles |
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Full Description
NF72NW 15 727 283.
A bronze ring-headed pin, four bronze pins of post-Roman type, small mediaeval pins, a bronze needle, various bronze nails and a decorated bronze plate were found among sanddunes - approximately NF 723 278 at Kildonan and donated, in 1964, to the NMAS.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1966.
Dr Maclean stated that the above objects were found in 1963 in an area centred on NF 727 283 and not within the area centred on NF 723 278. No further information.
Visited by OS (E G C) 24 May 1965.
PSAS, 1963-4, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 256 (Bibliographic reference). SWE10618.
T Fanning, 1983, Some aspects of the bronze ringed pin in Scotland, 337, No. 25 (Bibliographic reference). SWE2007.
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Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM
