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Publication Account
Date 15 February 1974
Event ID 1105235
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1105235
A short cist, containing a large quantity of cremated bones, a broken food vessel and 108 beads of a jet necklace, was uncovered during ploughing in the week 3 - 9 February 1974, on Easter Essendy farm, by G A Macaskill, farmer. It was excavated and its contents removed by Miss Lizbeth Thoms and Howard Murray, Dundee Museum.
Information from The Courier 15 February 1974.
