Laide
Unidentified Object (Steatite)
Site Name Laide
Classification Unidentified Object (Steatite)
Canmore ID 11994
Site Number NG89SE 1
NGR NG 89 91
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11994
- Council Highland
- Parish Gairloch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
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.
