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Kingsteps Quarry

Cist (Bronze Age)

Site Name Kingsteps Quarry

Classification Cist (Bronze Age)

Canmore ID 15563

Site Number NH95NW 9

NGR NH 901 572

NGR Description NH c. 901 572

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Nairn
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Nairn
  • Former County Nairn

Archaeology Notes

NH95NW 9 c. 901 572.

A cist containing a doubled-up skeleton was found a few years previous to 1925 at Kingsteps Quarry near Nairn.

G Bain 1928

Kingsteps Quarry is centred on NH 8987 5715. No further information obtained.

Visited by OS (EGC) 29 November 1961

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Field Visit (1928)

A cist containing a doubled-up skeleton was found a few years previous to 1925 at Kingsteps Quarry near Nairn.

G Bain 1928

Field Visit (29 November 1961)

Kingsteps Quarry is centred on NH 8987 5715. No further information obtained.

Visited by OS (EGC) 29 November 1961

Field Visit (March 1978)

Kingsteps Quarry NH c. 901 572 NH95NW 9

A cist was found in Kingsteps Quarry some time before 1925. A number of stone objects which may have come from the cist are in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS AC 650-653).

RCAHMS 1978, visited March 1978

Bain 1928, 22

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