Sebay
Human Remains (Period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn (Steatite)
Site Name Sebay
Classification Human Remains (Period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn (Steatite)
Canmore ID 3059
Site Number HY50SW 4
NGR HY 5179 0498
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3059
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish St Andrews And Deerness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY50SW 4 5179 0498.
A steatite urn containing human remains and with a stone cover was found by Mr J Baillie Jnr, of Sebay, Tankerness, Orkney while ploughing in February 1963, at HY 5179 0498. (See also 'The Orcadian' February 1963). The urn is 16 1/2" high with a diameter across the top of 17" and across the base 11". The stone cover measures 17" x 16 3/4" Both are in the Kirkwall Library.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (RD) 12 April 1964
A most impressive steatite urn (420mm high and 430mm in rim diameter and 427mm at the base), with a slab cover, was found in ploughing in 1963 by Mr J Baillie of Sebay and was recorded by the late E W Marwick. Although stated to have held human remains, all that now survives is a mass of hair, which was found during excavation on a fragment of hide. (Tankerness House Museum 1985-4, 5 and 6
The Orcadian, 21 February 1963; RCAHMS 1987.
