MHG28410 - Bog Butter, Poolewe

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FINDSPOT (Undated)

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NG88SE 44 c. 86 80

The discovery of two finds of bog butter is recorded at Poolewe, one of them 'from the same bog as some bronze instruments' [presumably NG88SE 5] and the other 'in a hollow at the foot of the hill on which the bog lies'.
W I Macadam 1882.

?lost.
NMRS, MS/996/1.

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--- 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.

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Grid reference	Centred NG 8599 8000 (4m by 4m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG88SE
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	GAIRLOCH

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BOG BUTTER (Undated)

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/128045 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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