| Title: |
Note upon Carn nan Bharraich, or Cairn of the Men of Barra, a Burial Mound of the Viking Time on the Island of Oronsay, Argyllshire, with an outline of the Political History of the Western Isles during the latter half of the Ninth Century.
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| Issue: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 48 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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| Volume: |
48
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| Number of Pages: |
447 |
| Page Start/End: |
272 - 291 |
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| Licence Type: |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
The mound was excavated in 1891 and artefacts included an oblong bronze brooch, a portion of a bronze penannular brooch of Celtic form, a portion of a small oval bronze ring, a bead of serpentine, a bead of amber, an iron knife-blade, six fragments of sheet bronze, a quantity of iron rivets or clinker nails and a stone sinker. Two extended skeletons, an adult male and female, were revealed. Further excavation revealed a pair of iron shears. The burial of persons wearing pagan ornaments, on Oronsay, which had for at least between one and two centuries prior to this time been a sanctuary of the early Celtic Church, is worthy of notice. The mound is situated some distance from the Christian Cemetery, but is within the sanctuary. An account of the historical background provides a context for the burials. |
| Year of Publication: |
1913
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Ninth Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Sanctuary (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Bronze Penannular Brooch (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Christian Cemetery (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Iron Rivets (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Bronze Brooch (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Iron (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Celtic Church (Auto Detected Subject) |
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FUNERARY SITE
(Monument Type England)
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| Iron Shears (Auto Detected Subject) |
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FUNERARY SITE
(Monument Type England)
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| Stone Sinker (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Clinker Nails (Auto Detected Subject) |
| 1891 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Bronze Ring A Bead (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Mound (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
(ADS Archive)
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| Created Date: |
14 Jan 2014 |
