Find Spot record 700 - SOUTH UIST
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | NF 70000 30000 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NF73SW |
| Island | South Uist |
| Parish | SOUTH UIST, Western Isles |
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Full Description
NF73SE 6 Unlocated.
A Viking bone comb, Rygh type 447 now in the NMAS (No. Eq. 40) was found in clearing out a stone cist in a sandy hillock in South Uist.
Exhibited with the comb in 1872 and noted as found with it were two bronze brooches and a flint arrowhead. Grieg notes these objects as "dating from various periods. As far as can be seen only a flint arrowhead can now be identified out of the whole number." Shetelig notes the brooches as "much more recent" than the comb.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1873; S Grieg 1940; A O Curle, M Olsen and H Shetelig 1954.
No further information
Visited by OS (N K B) 13 May 1965.
PSAS, 1870-2, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 446 (Bibliographic reference). SWE9574.
S Grieg, 1940, Viking Antiquities in Scotland, 73-5 illust. (Bibliographic reference). SWE2901.
A O, M and H Curle, Olsen and , 1954, Civilisation of the Viking settlers in relation to their old and new countries, 239 (Bibliographic reference). SWE2560.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SWE2560 Bibliographic reference: A O, M and H Curle, Olsen and . 1954. Civilisation of the Viking settlers in relation to their old and new countries. 239.
- --- SWE2901 Bibliographic reference: S Grieg. 1940. Viking Antiquities in Scotland. 73-5 illust..
- --- SWE9574 Bibliographic reference: PSAS. 1870-2. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 9. 5-12,53-9,78-81,153-7,179. 446.
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Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM
