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Desk Based Assessment
Event ID 665849
Category Recording
Type Desk Based Assessment
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/665849
NJ16NW 5 1088 6914.
Six slabs bearing bulls have survived from Burghead; they are listed briefly here in the same order as that given by Allen and Anderson (1903).
1. Found in the well at Burghead (NJ 1102 6915). Originally in the Museum of the Scientific Association at Inverness and was presented to National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] in 1891 (IB 95).
2. Found in 1862 in the course of improvements to the South quay at Burghead; the head of the bull being damaged by the hammer of the labourer who found it. It is now in the care of Moray Museums Service.
3. Found at Burghead but without further details of its discovery, now in Elgin Museum.
4. Found during the demolition of a house at the South quay in 1867, this fragment is now in the care of Moray Museums Service.
5. Found before 1809 and now in the British Museum, London.
6. Found in 1854 during alterations to the South quay, now in Elgin Museum.
Information from OS.
A Mitchell 1874; J R Allen and J Anderson 19034; C A Gordon 1967; K J Edwards and I B M Ralston 1980; J Close-Brooks and R B K Stevenson 1982; I M Ralston and J Inglis 1984; RCAHMS 1985.
