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Dava Moor
Bog Burial (17th Century)
Site Name Dava Moor
Classification Bog Burial (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Cromdale
Canmore ID 318012
Site Number NJ03NW 18
NGR NJ 00 38
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/318012
- Council Highland
- Parish Cromdale, Inverallan And Advie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
- Former County Morayshire
Reference (1928)
Woollen Clothing and broad Bonnet, found on a human skeleton in a peat-moss on Dava Moor, Cromdale, Morayshire, in July 1927,
and a birch Stick which was found laid on the body.
PSAS 1928
Reference (1954)
The relics were found, in July 1927, on a skeleton in the
moss with a birch stick laid across the body. Professor T. H. Bryce
examined the skeleton and reported in a letter of August 5th, 1927,
that it represented a short, poorly developed person somewhat over
20 years old. The long bones were very short and fragile, the length
of the thigh bone indicating a height of under 4 ft. 10 ins. The sex is
doubtful. There was some dark hair still adhering to the bones.
A S Henshall 1954
Reference (1995)
Listed in R C Turner's (1995) Gazetteer of Bog Bodies in the British Isles (68/1).
