Scurdargue
Bead
Site Name Scurdargue
Classification Bead
Canmore ID 17192
Site Number NJ42NE 29
NGR NJ 48 28
NGR Description NJ c. 48 28
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17192
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Rhynie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ42NE 29 c. 48 28.
A bead of vitreous paste, of mottled colour on a pale blue base, from Scudargue, Rhynie, was presented to the NMAS by C E Whitelaw.
(Similar beads in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] are dated from Iron Age).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1907.
No further information.
Visited by OS (NKB) 3 October 1967.
NMS FJ 97. Globose bead 9/16" diameter, of mottled vitreous paste, from Scurdargue, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire. Donated by Charles E Whitelaw, 1907.
Information from Mr T Cowie (NMS), 23 April 1999.
The accession number of this bead in the Royal Museum of Scotland is NMS: FJ 97.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 15 January 1997.
