Reay
Findspot (20th Century), Vessel
Site Name Reay
Classification Findspot (20th Century), Vessel
Canmore ID 7260
Site Number NC96NE 20
NGR NC 9729 6512
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7260
- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
NC96NE 20 9729 6512.
(NC 9729 6512) Fragments of a probably post-Viking clay vessel were found in 1928 about 3ft down in a small heap of stones, about 120 yards NW of the Drill Hall at Reay (A J H Edwards 1929). It was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) by Mr A D Pilkington in 1929 (Accession no: HD 466) and is indexed under the heading "Collections from Earth houses, Hut Circles?" (Information from NMAS accessions card index)
A J H Edwards 1929; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1930.
No further information.
Visited by OS (N K B) 25 November 1964.
