Beinn Bhreac
Shield
Site Name Beinn Bhreac
Classification Shield
Canmore ID 23811
Site Number NN29NW 1
NGR NN 24 99
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmonivaig
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NN29NW 1 24 99.
Three bronze ornaments have been found in a box, together, under 6ft of moss, on the hill of Benibhreac, in Lochaber. They comprise a circular piece of bronze plate (13" diameter); a horse-shoe shaped plate (2ft 1in long) and an oblong cup-shaped ornament (8"long). They were thought to have formed the ornamentation of a wooden shield.
The find was made by a shepherd of Col. David Ross of Tirindrish. (Tirandrish NN 2382) The ornaments are in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1868.
