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Keiss

Food Vessel (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Keiss

Classification Food Vessel (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 9358

Site Number ND36SW 9

NGR ND 34 61

NGR Description ND c. 34 61

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Wick
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

ND36SW 9 c. 34 61.

An undecorated food vessel, 5ins high by 5 3/4ins in diameter at the mouth, tapering to 4 1/2ins at the base, from Keiss (ND 34 61) formed part of the collection of Sir Francis Tress Barry, which was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1908.

Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1909.

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