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Rosemarkie
Cist (Prehistoric), Food Vessel (Prehistoric)
Site Name Rosemarkie
Classification Cist (Prehistoric), Food Vessel (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 14380
Site Number NH75NW 6
NGR NH 73429 57327
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14380
- Council Highland
- Parish Rosemarkie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH75NW 6 7343 5732
(NH 7343 5732) Stone Cist containing Human Remains and Urn found AD. 1904 (NAT).
OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1906)
A short cist - 3' x 2' x 2'6" deep was found, during the digging of a drain, in the grounds of the Manse of Rosemarkie, in the autumn of 1903. It contained unburnt remains with a food-vessel, which was purchased for the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS EE 92).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1904; A A Woodham 1956.
Field Visit (June 1979)
Rosemarkie NH 734 573 NH75NW 6
In 1903 a cist was found in the grounds of the former manse of Rosemarkie; it contained an inhumation accompanied by a Food Vessel, now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS EE 92).
RCAHMS 1979, visited June 1979
PSAS, xxxviii, 1903-4, 469-70; Woodham 1956, 92
