Avielochan
Cairn (Period Unassigned), Findspot, Pin (Bronze)
Site Name Avielochan
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned), Findspot, Pin (Bronze)
Canmore ID 15401
Site Number NH91NW 8
NGR NH 9053 1689
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15401
- Council Highland
- Parish Duthil And Rothiemurchus
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH91NW 8 9053 1689.
A cairn on Mr Macintosh's farm at Avielochan was ploughed up before 1910 by the owner who found a bronze pin under one of the stones. It was 4" in length with a flat round head with projecting shoulders where it narrows to the pin. Presented to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS).
C G Cash 1910.
Centred NH 9055 1691. Mr Grant (Farmer, Avielochan) indicated approximately where the old cairn had been located.
No visible traces of it remains.
Visited by OS (R L) 10 November 1966.
RMS EQ 309 Disc-headed pin with fillets below the head, and probably dating from the Viking period. The head of this example is decorated with 'rocked tracer' ornament in a cruciform pattern.
L R Laing 1973.
External Reference (2011)
The pin is not Viking, but more likely to be medieval, dating to the 11th or 12th century based on parallels elsewhere (see Newman 1995, in Rideout 1995).
Information from the ARCH Community Timeline Project, 2011
