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North Uist, Scolpaig
Borer(S), Comb(S), Needle(S), Pin(S), Pin(S), Spindle Whorl(S)
Site Name North Uist, Scolpaig
Classification Borer(S), Comb(S), Needle(S), Pin(S), Pin(S), Spindle Whorl(S)
Canmore ID 10065
Site Number NF77NW 15
NGR NF 728 753
NGR Description Centred at NF 728 753
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/10065
- Council Western Isles
- Parish North Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF77NW 15 centred 728 753.
The late Mr H H Mackenzie, factor of the North Uist estates, formed a large collection of antiquities from the Western Isles between about 1880 and 1934. Among them are listed 'bone needles and pins, parts of bone combs, bone whorls, bone fasteners, bone wilk picks and borers, bronze needles and pins', found at several places, including Scolpaig. This collection is now in the Royal Museum of Scotland (RMS, formerly the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS]), but it is not now possible to state exactly which items among those listed came from Scolpaig.
J Close-Brooks and S Maxwell 1975.
