Tankerness Moss
Plate (Jet)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tankerness Moss
Classification Plate (Jet)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 3009
Site Number HY50NW 48
NGR HY 5 0
NGR Description Unlocated
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish St Andrews And Deerness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY50NW 48 unlocated
A trapezoidal jet plate, interpreted as part of a Bronze Age necklace, was found by W Mitchell of Grind ' in a peat which had been dug out of a moss in Tankerness', and was donated by him to the Orkney Antiquarian Society.
Kirkness 1935; RCAHMS 1987.
Orkney Smr Note
Object found in a peat which had been dug out of a moss in Tankerness, and donated to Orkney Antiquarian Society. It is a trapezoidal plate1.5 x 11/16 x 0.25in, with punched decoration forming a triangular pattern, interpreted as being from an elaborate necklace comparable with that from Poltalloch, Argyll. [R1]
Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]
