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Laide

Unidentified Object (Steatite)(Period Unassigned)

Site Name Laide

Classification Unidentified Object (Steatite)(Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 11994

Site Number NG89SE 1

NGR NG 89 91

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Gairloch
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

NG89SE 1 89 91.

An object of steatite, shaped like a shoe, with a large oval cavity on the top at one end, connected by a groove, or duct with a small circular indentation at the other, measuring 11 3/4 inches in length, 4 3/4 inches in greatest breadth, and 3 3/8 inches in height, was found at Mellon, Laide, Auchnasheen, Ross-shire.

The object was purchased by the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) 1934.

Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1934.

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