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Lothbeg

Cist (Period Unassigned), Food Vessel

Site Name Lothbeg

Classification Cist (Period Unassigned), Food Vessel

Canmore ID 6936

Site Number NC90NE 3

NGR NC 9514 0988

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NC90NE 3 9514 0988.

(NC 9514 0988) Cist found AD 1869 (NAT)

OS 6"map, (1964)

A stone cist together with an urn containing human remains were found at the eastern extremity of the rock through which the Earl's Cut (NC90NE 5) was made during the construction of the railway in 1869. The urn was placed in Dunrobin Museum.

Name Book 1872.

No further information was obtained regarding the discovery of the cist. The urn, a Food Vessel, is still in Dunrobin Museum.

Visited by OS (N K B) 15 June 1976.

Accession no: 1869.3

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

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