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Druidtemple
Torc (Gold)
Site Name Druidtemple
Classification Torc (Gold)
Alternative Name(s) Druid Temple
Canmore ID 13506
Site Number NH64SE 24
NGR NH 685 420
NGR Description NH c. 685 420
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13506
- Council Highland
- Parish Inverness And Bona
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH64SE 24 c. 685 420
For nearby trial excavation and watching brief (March 2003), see NH64SE 354.
(NH 685 420) In 1824, a Late Bronze Age gold torc (J M Coles 1962) was ploughed up in a field next to the chambered cairn at Leys (NH64SE 23) (J Fraser 1884). It was purchased at the time by a jeweller (J Barron 1903), but has since been lost, although a leaden model was lent to the Arch. Inst. Exhibition in Edinburgh, 1856, by the Inverness Museum.
Archaeol Inst Great Britain and Ireland 1859; J Fraser 1884; J Barron 1903; J M Coles 1962.
Neither the original, or facsimile, torc is in Inverness Museum.
Visited by OS (J L D) 23 March 1962.
