Kilmallie
Armlet(S) (Gold)
Site Name Kilmallie
Classification Armlet(S) (Gold)
Canmore ID 23584
Site Number NN07NE 1
NGR NN 089 771
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23584
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmallie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NN07NE 1 089 771.
A pair of LBA Irish-type gold penannular armlets were found in 1871 in the vicinity of Kilmallie (NN 089 771) and passed into the possession of the proprietor of the estate on which they were found.
J Anderson 1886; J M Coles 1962.
These armlets are in the possession of Cameron of Lochiel, Achnaharry House, but the find-spot could not be ascertained.
Visited by OS (NKB) 6 May 1970.
Field Walking (October 2001)
NN 1191 7702 to NN 0928 7460 A desk-based assessment and walkover survey were carried out in advance of work to lay new sections of water main, totalling approximately 16km, on the N and S shores of Loch Eil. The desk-based assessment identified a single building on the 1st edition OS not noted in the NMRS (NN 0584 7829). The survey identified two sites: a small 19th-century building (NN 0512 7702) and a borrow-pit (NN 0936 7517).
Full report lodged with the NMRS.
Sponsor: Team Aquarius
R Conolly 2001 (Headland Archaeology)
External Reference (2011)
In 2011 these objects were on loan to the West Highland Museum.
Information from the ARCH Community Timelines Project, 2011