Kinsteary
Cist (Period Unassigned), Bead(S), Cinerary Urn
Site Name Kinsteary
Classification Cist (Period Unassigned), Bead(S), Cinerary Urn
Canmore ID 15586
Site Number NH95SW 10
NGR NH 92 54
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15586
- Council Highland
- Parish Auldearn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
NH95SW 10 92 54
In 1888 a cist containing an 'urn' and a 'necklace of glass beads' was found at Kinsteary (house at NH 926 543). A Cinerary Urn and some bones now in the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow (A.1939.1-2), may have come from this site.
RCAHMS 1978, visited May 1978
Local enquiries produced no further information.
Visited by OS (RL) 17 December 1970.
External Reference (2012)
According to Bain 1893, pp. 11-2 the objects were in possession of Lady Gordon Cathcart at Cluny Castle, but their whereabouts now are unknown.
Infomation from the Auldearn Community Timeline Project, 2012
