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Kirk O'banks
Human Remains (Viking), Armlet(S) (Silver)(Viking)
Site Name Kirk O'banks
Classification Human Remains (Viking), Armlet(S) (Silver)(Viking)
Alternative Name(s) Dun 019
Canmore ID 8880
Site Number ND27SE 7
NGR ND 2532 7399
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8880
- Council Highland
- Parish Dunnet
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND27SE 7 2532 7399.
(Name: ND 2535 7395) Eight Viking Silver Armlets found AD 1872 (NAT)
OS 25" map, (1967)
(ND 2532 7399) Eight Viking penannular armlets of silver were found in 1872 in a cist in the graveyard of Kirk o' Banks (ND27SE 6), during the digging of a drain along the cart track on the N side of the chapel. Human bones were also found.
Five armlets are in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS, Accession nos: IL 114-8) and three are in Thurso Museum.
R Campbell 1873; Name Book 1872; J Anderson 1975.
The three armlets are still Thurso Museum, described as 'Viking Armlets of Silver - date about 1000 AD'.
Visited by OS (R B) 1 March 1965.
