| Title: |
Note of the Discovery of a Steatite Urn in Harray, Orkney, now presented to the Museum.
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| Issue: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 47 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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| Volume: |
47
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| Number of Pages: |
506 |
| Page Start/End: |
420 - 422 |
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| Licence Type: |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
The investigation of a group of five 'Norse' burial mounds is reported. A roughly built cist in the largest of the mounds contained nothing but earth, while the second largest mound contained cremated human bone within a steatite urn laid on a bed of charcoal. An examination of two of the smaller mounds disclosed neither cist nor urn, only ashes, fragments of bones, and some bits of round charred wood. |
| Year of Publication: |
1912
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Charred Wood (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Norse (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Ashes Fragments Of Bones (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Cremated Human Bone (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Burial Mounds (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Mound (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Urn (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Charcoal (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
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| Created Date: |
05 Nov 2013 |
