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Glengolly
Cist (Prehistoric), Beaker (Prehistoric)
Site Name Glengolly
Classification Cist (Prehistoric), Beaker (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Heathfield
Canmore ID 8442
Site Number ND16NW 23
NGR ND 102 660
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8442
- Council Highland
- Parish Thurso
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND16NW 23 102 660.
Dr Mill of Thurso has preserved a beautiful urn, ornamented with lines of dots forming a curiously intricate pattern. It was found in a cist, the cover of which was raised by the plough on his farm of Glengolly. (See ND16NW 7.)
J Anderson 1866.
This 'urn', a beaker, is in Thurso Museum (Accession no: ARC 58).
Visited by OS (J M) 16 February 1982.
Listed by Clarke as an N4 type beaker, from Heathfield, Glengolly. He also notes a second beaker, type unknown, now lost, but gives no further information regarding it. (Heathfield farm is at ND 105 667, while Glengolly is at ND 102 660.)
D L Clarke 1970.
