MHG40890 - Cist, in railway, Kilmote

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BURIAL (Bronze Age - 2400 BC? to 551 BC?)

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NC91SE 10 979 113.

Close to where the brooch (NC91SE 9) was found at Culgower in a railway cutting a short cist formed of slabs and containing two skeletons, the skull of one being very fine and in perfect preservation, was found. J A Smith 1882.

No further information was obtained regarding this cist.
Visited by OS (W D J) 27 May 1960.
Previous find. Nothing visible during field survey.

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--- SHG1286 Text/Publication/Article: Smith, J A. 1882. 'Notice of two bronze or brass brooches, also a pointed implement of of bronze or brass, found in Sutherland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 16 1881-2, p.492-4. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 492-4. 492-3.

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Grid reference	Centred NC 9789 1130 (6m by 6m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC91SE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	LOTH

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Part of: Cist, in railway, Kilmote (Monument) (MHG9954)

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/7090 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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