Fyrish
Cist(S) (Prehistoric), Arm Guard (Prehistoric), Beaker (Prehistoric)
Site Name Fyrish
Classification Cist(S) (Prehistoric), Arm Guard (Prehistoric), Beaker (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 13681
Site Number NH66NW 5
NGR NH 61890 69003
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13681
- Council Highland
- Parish Alness
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH66NW 5 6182 6899 and 6185 6899
These two cists were found before 1865; one contained an inhumation, an N4 Beaker and a bracer (Royal Museum of Scotland [RMS], formerly the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS]) EQ 131 and 133 respectively); the other was empty.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1868; Name Book 1875; D L Clarke 1970.
No trace of the cists was found, but at the site of the eastern one lies a large flat irregularly shaped stone slab, 1.7m by 1.4m maximum width and 0.3m thick.
Visited by OS (RDL) 5 May 1963.
Note (1979)
Fyrish NH 618 689 NH66NW 5
These two cists were found before 1865; one contained an inhumation, an N4 Beaker and a bracer (NMAS EO 131 and 133 respectively); the other was empty.
RCAHMS 1979
(PSAS, vi 1864-6, 233; Name Book, Ross-shire, no. 2, p. 71; Clarke 1970, ii, 520, no. 1749)