MHG60225 - Various Finds - Fendom Sands
Summary
Various finds from Fendom sands were donated to the NMS in 1891. The exact findspots are not known.
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Undated)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
A number of finds from prehistoric to later times found on Fendom Sands (precise location not known) were donated to the NMS by Hugh Miller in 1891. These include: glass beads (BK 1-2, 157-159), lignite beads (BK 160-161), a bronze finger ring fragment (BK 3), bronze rivets (BK 4-7), fragments of bronze wire and loops (BK 8-26), fragments of metal dishes (BK 27-28), medieval pottery sherds (BK 29-34), vessel glass (BK 35-38), strike-a-lights (BK 39-40), lead spindle whorls (BK 41-42), pottery spindle whorls (BK 43-46), stone spindle whorl (BK 47), iron implements (BK 48-55), lead pellets (BK 56-65), metal buttons (BK 66-68), needles (BK 69-85), thimble (BK 86), 30 pins (BK 87-117), decorated bronze brooch (BK 118), Bronze brooch and brooch pin (BK 126, 133), bronze buckle or ring (BK 140), 12 medieval and post-medieval coins from England and Scotland (BK 141-152). <1>
One of the vessel glass fragments has been idetified as Roman. <2>
A leaf shaped arrowhead was found by a farmer at Fendom in 1955. <3>
Grid reference is indicative of Fendom area only and does not represent the precise findspots. GW 30/04/2019
See also MHG8516, MHG8517 and MHG8521 for other finds from Fendom Sands.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SHG28278 Dataset/Database File: National Museums Scotland. 2019. Highland Finds from the NMS Catalogue. National Museums Scotland. Digital.
- <2> SHG28176 Text/Publication: Ingemark, D.. 2014. Glass, alcohol and power in Roman Iron Age Scotland. National Museum of Scotland. pp. 249.
- <3> SHG28507 Text/Record Form/Project Recording Form: Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands (ARCH). 2019. Finds Collection at Tain Museum.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | NH 8200 8200 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH88SW |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Civil Parish | TAIN |
Finds (25)
- BEAD (Undated)
- BEAD (Undated)
- FINGER RING (Undated)
- RIVET (Undated)
- SHERD (Medieval - 1058 AD to 1559 AD)
- VESSEL (Undated)
- STRIKE A LIGHT (Undated)
- SPINDLE WHORL (Undated)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
- BUTTON (Undated)
- NEEDLE (Undated)
- THIMBLE (Undated)
- PIN (Undated)
- BROOCH (Undated)
- BROOCH PIN (Undated)
- COIN (Medieval to 19th Century - 1058 AD to 1900 AD)
- BUCKLE (Undated)
- SHERD (Undated)
- WIRE (Undated)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
- TACK (Undated)
- DISH (Undated)
- SPINDLE WHORL? (Undated)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
- LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)
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