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Shapinsay,"north Hill"
Cinerary Urn (Bronze Age)
Site Name Shapinsay,"north Hill"
Classification Cinerary Urn (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 3137
Site Number HY52SW 5
NGR HY 5 2
NGR Description Unlocated
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3137
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Shapinsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY52SW 5 unlocated.
A cinerary urn, found on the north hill of Shapinsay, was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1885 by Colonel Balfour of Balfour. Only 11 1/2" of the lower part of the vessel survives and where broken it measures 10 1/2" in diameter.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1885; J G Callander 1933.
No further information
Visited by OS(AA) 2 October 1972.
In 1885 'The Orcadian' reported a large complete cinerary urn found at a rocky ridge near the farm of Whitclet, which later broke up.
