East Murkle
Human Remains (Period Unassigned), Spearhead(S) (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name East Murkle
Classification Human Remains (Period Unassigned), Spearhead(S) (Bronze)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 8394
Site Number ND16NE 21
NGR ND 1817 6898
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8394
- Council Highland
- Parish Olrig
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND16NE 21 1817 6898.
(ND 1817 6898) Two Bronze Spearheads found AD 1839 (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1970)
Mr W Manson (Castletown) found two bronze spearheads here in 1839, when digging for the treasure which is alleged to have been buried between Hoy Head and Dunnet Head. An abundance of bones, supposed to be human, were also found.
Name Book 1873.
No further information was obtained regarding these finds.
Visited by OS (J B) 7 December 1981.
