Connage
Armlet (Bronze)
Site Name Connage
Classification Armlet (Bronze)
Canmore ID 14421
Site Number NH75SE 5
NGR NH 77 53
NGR Description NH c. 77 53
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Petty
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH75SE 5 c. 77 53.
An oval, bronze, penannular ring or armlet terminating in slightly thickened extremities its greatest diameter measuring 2 1/2" was found in a peat moss at Connage. It was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1862, by Lady Dick Lauder. (Accession no DO 16)
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1863; NMAS 1892.
The peat moss at Connage has been almost completely reclaimed and is now arable or grass land. No further information could be obtained locally about the find spot or circumstances of the find of this bronze armlet.
Visited by OS (R D) 18 August 1964; Information from W Rose, Wester Delnies, Nairn.
