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Dail Na Caraidh

Hoard

Site Name Dail Na Caraidh

Classification Hoard

Canmore ID 23702

Site Number NN17NW 10

NGR NN 1293 7642

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

C14 Radiocarbon Dating

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Kilmonivaig
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Lochaber
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NN17NW 10 1293 7642.

In 1981 sixteen flat axes were revealed by erosion on the bluff overlooking the confluence of the rivers Lochy and Lundy. Excavation susequently revealed a pit containing two axes and six daggers and other features of Bronze Age date which may have hand a dual function.

DES 1983

Axes and daggers now in Inverness Museum (INVMG 986.18).

G Harden 1986

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