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Dores Parish

Sickle (Bronze)

Site Name Dores Parish

Classification Sickle (Bronze)

Canmore ID 13295

Site Number NH63SW 6

NGR NH

NGR Description Unlocated

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Dores
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Inverness
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NH63SW 6 unlocated

Location formerly entered as NH c. 60 34.

A Late Bronze Age socketed sickle, found in the parish of Dores, was purchased for the National Museum of Antiquites of Scotland (NMAS) in 1890, through the minister of Dores, Rev J Fraser. (Accession no: DO 29) (Possibly this sickle is that recorded on NH53SE 12, or NH63SW 5.)

Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1890; J M Coles 1962; Information from National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland catalogue 1892, illustrated.

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