Braes Of Gight
Hoard (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Braes Of Gight
Classification Hoard (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 19805
Site Number NJ83NW 9
NGR NJ 82 38
NGR Description NJ c. 82 38
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Methlick
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ83NW 9 c. 82 38.
A Late Bronze Age hoard consisting of six armlets, three annular rings, a razor, and three necklets were found in 1866 by workmen when removing some large rocks at the foot of a precipice (? the cliff centred at NJ 820 388) during the construction of a private road from Haddo House to the Braes of Gight. Donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] by John Hamilton in 1925 (Accession No. DQ 275-285).
J M Coles 1962; G Muirhead 1891.
No further information.
Visited by OS (ISS) 30 January 1973.
