Stromness
Cist (Period Unknown), Urn (Steatite)(Early Medieval)
Site Name Stromness
Classification Cist (Period Unknown), Urn (Steatite)(Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 1495
Site Number HY20NE 22
NGR HY 25 09
NGR Description HY c. 25 09
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1495
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Stromness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY20NE 22 c. 25 09.
A cinerary urn, now in the collection of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, was presented to the Society by A M de Cardonnell Lawson on the 1st. July 1829. It was found in a small cist in a hillock close by Stromness and contained a handful of calcined bones. When found it was wrapped in a hide supposed to be that of a deer. It is 7 1/2"high and 6 1/2" in diameter at the lip by about 5" at the base and is faintly tooled in an irregular all-over scale pattern.
J D Cowen 1967.
Artefact Recovery (1773 - 1779)
An small steatite urn, found between 1773 and 1779 in a cist near Stromness. The urn contained cremated human bones and had been wrapped in an animal hide.
Source: Sheridan 2004.
