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Drumbuie
Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cist (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Drumbuie
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cist (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 12625
Site Number NH53SW 1
NGR NH 51 30
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12625
- Council Highland
- Parish Urquhart And Glenmoriston
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (9 February 1969)
No further information.
Visited by OS (R L) 9 Feburary 1969
Reference (1997)
Two Class I symbol stones.
Drumbuie 1 : Serpent and Z-Rod above a Double Disc.
Drumbuie 2 : Salmon above a Mirror case,to the left of a Mirror and Comb .
A.Mack 1997
Desk Based Assessment
NH53SW 1 51 30.
Two symbol stones were found in a cairn on the farm of Drumbuie (NH 5130-5131) about 1869.
One stone is a rough-surfaced weatherworn slab of irregular shape, its greatest length being 2' 6" and its greatest breadth being 2' 6". It bears the spectacle symbol and Z rod with intertwined serpent.
The second stone, evidently a fragment, is 3' 8" in greatest length and 2' 10" in greatest breadth. Its surface is rough and weatherworn. It bears two mirror symbols, the tail of a fish and the gridiron symbol.
W MacKay 1886
These stones were discovered in 1864 while ploughing round the site of an old grain-kiln on Drumbuie farm. They formed the covering of a cist-like structure containing earth and sand mixed with ashes and charcoal, but no human remains. (They were acquired by the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland in 1955 [Accession nos. IB 287 & 288]).
Information from OS.
J R Allen and J Anderson 1903, Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1935
