MHG4785 - Dunvegan, urns

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CREMATION CEMETERY (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)

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Centred 25 47.

Urns were dug up about 4 years ago (c. 1837) in an old burial place near the site of the parish church. They were composed of a very coarse reddish clay, but have several rude ornaments upon them, or rather are notched and scolloped throughout. One of them is in the possession of Macleod of Macleod. Another is believed to be in the Glasgow Hunterian Museum. All the rest were broken into pieces by the excavator who was preparing the ground for potato sowing.
NSA 1845.

Enquires at Dunvegan Castle revealed no knowledge of the urn in the possession of Macleod of Macleod
Visited by OS (A S P) 17 May 1961.

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--- SHG2597 Text/Publication/Volume: NSA. 1845. The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy. Vol. 14, Inverness-shire, 336.

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Grid reference	Centred NG 2499 4699 (50m by 50m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG24NW
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	DUIRINISH

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VESSEL (Undated)

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/10802 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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