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Knockdhu

Findspot, Bead (Amber)

Site Name Knockdhu

Classification Findspot, Bead (Amber)

Canmore ID 5063

Site Number NC50NE 87

NGR NC 597 060

NGR Description NC c. 597 060

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Lairg
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

Archaeology Notes

NC50NE 87 c. 597 060.

An amber bead in the form of a ring of oval cross- section, 2.4 ins in diameter, 0.5 ins hole diameter and 0.75 ins thick, was found at Knockdhu (NC 597 060) Lairg, and was donated to Dunrobin Museum by

Mrs MacKay, possibly in 1934. (Accession no. 1934.1)

Information from TS of Dunrobin Museum by A S Henshall, 1966.

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