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Reay
Findspot, Handle (Antler), Mould (Clay)(Iron Age)
Site Name Reay
Classification Findspot, Handle (Antler), Mould (Clay)(Iron Age)
Canmore ID 7265
Site Number NC96NE 27
NGR NC 96 65
NGR Description NC c. 96 65
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7265
- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
NC96NE 27 c. 96 65.
Part of a clay mould for casting a ring-headed pin, measuring 2 1/2ins in length, and a point of a deer-horn tine cut off 2 1/2 ins from the point and hollowed out for use as a handle, found in the sands at Reay (NC 96 65) were purchased for the National Musuem of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1927 (Accession nos: HR 816 and HR 817 respectively).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1927.
The mould is for Iron Age projecting ring-headed pins.
D V Clarke 1971.
