Memsie
Cairn (Period Unassigned), Beaker, Sword (Bronze)
Site Name Memsie
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned), Beaker, Sword (Bronze)
Alternative Name(s) Cairn Of Memsie
Canmore ID 20809
Site Number NJ96SE 14
NGR NJ 97 62
NGR Description NJ c. 97 62
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20809
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Rathen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ96SE 14 c. 97 62.
A Cb beaker (Mitchell 1934) and an Late Bronze Age sword (Coles 1962) were found under a tumulus at Memsie some years before 1849.
They were donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS 1849) but do not figure in the catalogue. (NMAS 1892)
(See NJ96SE 1 - Cairn of Memsie, etc. - for other burials in area).
D Wilson 1863; M E C Mitchell 1934; J M Coles 1962; NMAS 1849; 1892.
