Lofthillock
Food Vessel
Site Name Lofthillock
Classification Food Vessel
Alternative Name(s) Lofthilloch; Hill Of Selbie
Canmore ID 18864
Site Number NJ72SE 102
NGR NJ 78 22
NGR Description NJ c. 78 22
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18864
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Keithhall And Kinkell
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ72SE 102 c. 78 22
See also NJ72SE 39.
A fine, small Yorkshire Vase Food Vessel, 84mm tall, 105mm external rim diameter, 48mm base diameter, found on the farm prior to World War 1. It is decorated all over with incised chevrons arranged vertically below the carination and horizontally on the neck and rim bevel. The shoulder groove has 5 imperforate stops. Now in Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum; accession no. ABDMS 35 54.
I Shepherd and J C Murray 1982.
Found on the farm of Lofthilloch, possibly on Hill of Selbie. See also NJ72SE 39.
NMRS, MS/712/72.
There is no change to the existing record.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 9 September 2003.
