MHG3757 - Cist - Bught Park, Inverness
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- CIST (Early Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 1501 BC) + Sci.Date
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NH64SE 9 656 437
This cist was discovered on 9th September 1954 by workmen bulldozing trees from Bught Park. It contained a male inhumation accompanied by a bronze dagger, now in Inverness Museum (955.15-16). (The find-spot was sited to approximately NH 6560 4373 by J McKenzie in a letter to OS dated 28 August 1962. However, Miss Henshall states that the correct site may be at NH 6571 4372, according to the grounds man at the caravan park who was present at the discovery, and who keeps the grass at the site unmown - oral information to OS, 8 July 1966.)
W Kirk and J McKenzie 1956; A S Henshall 1968; J M Coles 1969; RCAHMS 1979.
(Bronze dagger of Masterton type). Flat dagger, rounded heel with central rivet-notch, two rivet-holes with one rivet in position, W-shaped hilt-mark, cutting-edges and tip damaged; present length 10.6cm, present width 4.3cm.
S Gerloff 1975.
A radiocarbon date was obtained for the human skeletal material as part of the Beakers and Bodies Project 2009. This provided a date of 2140-2030 BC, calibrated to 1 sigma. <1>
The dagger was catalogued and photographed as part of the North Kessock & District Local History Society and Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands (ARCH) collaborative 'Feats of Clay' Project, which was focused on Bronze Age metalworking around the Moray Firth. It was assigned an Early Bronze Age date. <2>
The human remains are listed in the Inverness Museum catalogue under Acc. No. 1955.015. <3>
A document from the Inverness Museum archive files lists the skeletal material aunder Acc. No. 1955.015 and the bronze dagger under 1955.016. <4>
Sources/Archives (9)
- --- SHG1474 Text/Publication/Article: Coles, J M. 1971. 'Scottish Early Bronze Age metalwork', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 101 1968-9, p.1-110. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 1-110. 90.
- --- SHG1652 Text/Publication/Article: Gerloff, S. 1975. 'The early bronze age daggers in Britain, and a reconsideration of the Wessex culture', Prahistorishe Bronzefunde Vol. 4 1975, p.Munchen. Prahistorishe Bronzefunde. Munchen. 59, no. 75.
- --- SHG1736 Text/Publication/Article: Kirk and Mckenzie, W and J. 1956. 'Three Bronze Age cist burials in NE Scotland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 88 1954-6, p.1-14. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 1-14. 7-10.
- --- SHG2673 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of North-east Inverness, Inverness District, Highland Region. . 13, No. 64.
- --- SHG3164 Text/Publication/Article: Henshall, A S. 1968. Scottish dagger graves. SHG23464. 173-95. 190.
- <1> SHG27892 Text/Publication/Article: Wilkin, N. Curtis, N. Hutchinson, M. & Wright, M.. 2009. Further Radiocarbon Dating Results from the Beakers and Bodies Project. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 2009. 216-218. Paper (Copy). 217.
- <2> SHG28012 Text/Publication/Monograph: Clark, G., Cowie, T. & Kruse, S. 2017. Feats of Clay. Cat. No. 51.
- <3> SHG25836 Collection/Catalogue: Inverness Museum & Art Gallery. Inverness Museum & Art Gallery Accession registers. 1955.015.
- <4> SHG28371 Collection: Inverness Museum. 2019. Inverness Museum and Art Gallery Archive Files. 1955.015, 1955.016.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6560 4369 (4m by 4m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH64SE |
| Civil Parish | INVERNESS AND BONA |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
Finds (2)
- DAGGER (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/13541 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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