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Springhill, Rogart
Bog Burial (Medieval)
Site Name Springhill, Rogart
Classification Bog Burial (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Knockan
Canmore ID 5982
Site Number NC70SW 27
NGR NC 73 03
NGR Description NC c. 73 03
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/5982
- Council Highland
- Parish Rogart
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Field Visit (18 May 1981)
Finds still in Dunrobin Museum.
Visited by OS (N K B) 18 May 1981.
Reference (1995)
Listed in R C Turner's (1995) Gazetteer of Bog Bodies in the British Isles (72/1).
Desk Based Assessment
NC70SW 27 c. 73 03.
A grave found on the moor at Springhill, Rogart (NC 73 03) in 1876 contained a body with a possibly Medieval woven shirt, a brogue and a cord, which, together with a plait of hair from the body are in Dunrobin Museum (Accession no 1876.3).
Palace of History 1911; A S Henshall 1954; Information from TS Catalogue of Dunrobin Museum by A S Henshall.
Information from OS
Sources: Palace of History 1911; A S Henshall 1954
