MHG18481 - Keg of Bog Butter - Gleann Geal
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 550 BC to 560 AD)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Wooden keg containing bog butter found during peat cutting at the N end of Glen Gell (Gleann Geal?), Morvern. A radiocarbon date of 1802 +/- 35bp (UB-3185) was obtained from the contents of the keg. In Royal Museum of Scotland (ME 166/SHC 1).
W I Macadam 1882; C Earwood 1992
See MHG18482 for alternative location.
RMS ME166; 'Keg of butter….cut out of one piece, 24 x 16.5 in., with lid, found under 4.5 feet of peat in moss at Glen Gell, Morvern, Argyllshire - Purchased 1879'.
NMAS 1892 Catalogue.
The bog butter contained in the keg has been dated by radiocarbon to 148+/- 35ad (UB-3185), or 120-329 cal AD.
NMRS MS/735/1
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG1328 Text/Publication/Article: Macadam, W I. 1882. 'On the results of a chemical investigation into the composition of the "bog butters" and of "adipocere" and the "mineral resins;" with notice of a cask of bog butter found in Glen Gell, Morvern, Argyllshire, and now in the Museum', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vo. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 204-23. 206, 220-1.
- --- SHG1771 Text/Publication/Article: Earwood, C. 1992. 'Two Early Historic bog butter containers', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 121 1991, p.231-40. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 231-40. 232-6, 239.
- --- SHG2591 Text/Publication/Volume: NMAS. 1892. Catalogue of the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland. 326.
- --- SHG28278 Dataset/Database File: National Museums Scotland. 2019. Highland Finds from the NMS Catalogue. National Museums Scotland. Digital. SHC 1.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NM 7199 4999 (4m by 4m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NM74NW |
| Civil Parish | MORVERN |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
Finds (1)
- BOG BUTTER (Iron Age - 550 BC to 560 AD)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (2)
- http://nms.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-190-004-113-C& (Link to NMS online collections database)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/85531 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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