Invercassley
Findspot (19th Century), Anvil (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Site Name Invercassley
Classification Findspot (19th Century), Anvil (Bronze)(Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 4862
Site Number NC40SE 7
NGR NC 47 01
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/4862
- Council Highland
- Parish Creich (Sutherland)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC40SE 7 47 01.
A MBA bronze anvil, found in a cairn near the mouth of the River Cassley about 1871, was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) by the Duke of Sutherland in 1891 (DO 30).
It takes the form of a flattened conical block 3 3/4" long from which there extends a supporting projection and on the top of which there are fine grooves for the shaping of bronze wire or for gold-working.
J A Smith 1882; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1891; J M Coles 1966.
