Coldstone
Bead(S) (Glass)
Site Name Coldstone
Classification Bead(S) (Glass)
Canmore ID 17005
Site Number NJ40NW 9
NGR NJ 44 06
NGR Description NJ c. 44 06
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17005
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Logie-coldstone
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ40NW 9 c. 44 06.
Two beads of vitreous paste, 1/4 inch in diameter and slightly triangular in shape, ornamented with a spiral of yellow on a bluish ground, were found near a Picts House at Coldstone (probably NJ40NW 10), and donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1868. (Accession nos: FJ 7 and 8)
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1870.
(Class 13: North Scottish spiral-decorated beads). One bright semi-transclucent brown, diameter 2cm, height 1.8cm. One pale yellow translucent, diameter 1.5cm, height 1.1cm.
M Guido 1978.
There is no change to the existing record.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 27 January 1999.
