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Dores
Findspot (19th Century), Brooch (Bronze)(Roman)
Site Name Dores
Classification Findspot (19th Century), Brooch (Bronze)(Roman)
Canmore ID 13241
Site Number NH63SW 10
NGR NH 60 34
NGR Description NH c. 60 34
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13241
- Council Highland
- Parish Dores
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH63SW 10 c. 60 34
Location formerly entered as NH c. 600 350.
There is a hinged brooch 3 inches in length, the bow formed by a flat piece of bronze with a knob at the foot, in the National Museum of Antiquities in Edinburgh, which was found at Dores.
The brooch has a well-defined catch-plate: it belongs to the class of the Aucissa brooches and is typologically one of the earliest Roman brooches found in Scotland. It was presented by James Smith, jnr., of Erchite Wood, Dores, in 1897.
J Curle 1932; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1897.
1 st. century A.D.
A S Robertson 1970.
Project (21 June 2015 - 22 June 2015)
NH 64190 36270 to NH 60230 33870 An archaeological desk-based assessment and walkover survey was carried out in advance of a new water pipeline and associated works, between Loch Ness and Loch Ashie, in the Parish of Dores and Essich, Highland. The work was undertaken to assess the nature and extent of any archaeological sites likely to be affected within the areas outlined for the proposed development works and pipeline route and in order to inform recommendations for the protection and management of any sites recovered. The survey identified a significant number of archaeological sites, many of which are new to the archaeological record. These include farmsteads, shielings, enclosures, boundary dykes, clearance cairns, a prehistoric cairn field and the alignment of Wade's Military Road. In particular, the cairnfield recorded on Drumashie Moor and a number of linear field dykes identified in Clune Wood, form part of a well-preserved prehistoric landscape on the east side of the Great Glen near Dores.
Information from S. Birch - West Coast Archaeological Services.
OASIS ID: westcoas1-219519
