Desk Based Assessment
Date 18 April 1966
Event ID 673843
Category Recording
Type Desk Based Assessment
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/673843
NM48NE 21 c. 491 854
(Area: NM 491 854) About 1830, a Viking grave was discovered in a hillock just below the division fence in a field called Dail Sithean (the field of the tumulus), halfway between St Donan's Church (NM48NE/SE 19, at NM 488 853) and the rocks to the E.
The finds, which are now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS), comprise: a sword handle of bronze and silver (Accession no: IL 157) - this dates to between 830 and 850 AD; a few thin plates of bronze; part of a buckle (IL 178); a whetstone, and a triangular piece of metal (? tripod vessel foot) (IL 158).
Information from OS (BRS) 18 April 1966
Sources: N MacPherson 1878; NMAS Catalogue 1892; S Grieg 1940; Kelvingrove Museum 1951
