Scanned image of drawing of a stone-built chamber, entitled: 'Nybster Cremation'.
SC 876619
Description Scanned image of drawing of a stone-built chamber, entitled: 'Nybster Cremation'.
Date c. 1890 to 1920
Collection Papers of John Nicolson, antiquarian, Keiss, Caithness, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 876619
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Watercolour of a burial monument uncovered at Nybster, Caithness, Highland Sir Francis Tress Barry (1825-1907) and John Nicolson (1843-1934) investigated many archaeological sites around Nybster in north-east Caithness at the end of the 19th century. Many of the sites were brochs but they also excavated other structures. This watercolour by Nicolson dates 1898, the year of the excavation, and shows a circular structure with a division to the rear. Barry discovered a human jaw, partially consumed by fire, along with other human bones, suggesting that this was a funerary monument. Today, the site is visible only as a ploughed out mound south of Auckengill school. The drawing provides an invaluable record of the site and may provide crucial information for archaeologists in the future. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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