| Title: |
Excavation of Graves at Ackergill and of an Earth-house at Freswick Links, Caithness, and a Description of the Discovery of a Viking Grave at Reay, Caithness. With a Preliminary Note on the Skeletal Remains from the Various Graves.
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| Issue: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 61 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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| Volume: |
61
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| Number of Pages: |
357 |
| Page Start/End: |
196 - 209 |
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| Licence Type: |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
Further excavation at Ackergill near Wick revealed a further five long cists containing extended burials. Three of the cists were located within kerbed four-sided enclosures beneath a single mound. A smaller adjacent mound sealed the other two cists. The stone-built earth-house consisted of two curvilinear chambers and a passageway. A layer of clay covered the floor and parts of the walls. A midden located nearby included pottery sherds, animal and fish bones. The grave at Reay contained an extended male skeleton buried with an iron axe, shield boss, sickle, bronze ring-headed pin and a whetstone. |
| Year of Publication: |
1926
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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GRAVE
(Monument Type England)
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| Whetstone (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Long Cists (Auto Detected Subject) |
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FUNERARY SITE
(Monument Type England)
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SHERD
(Object England)
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| Midden (Auto Detected Subject) |
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GRAVE
(Monument Type England)
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| Enclosures (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Fish (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Iron Axe Shield Boss Sickle Bronze Ringheaded Pin (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Walls (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Floor (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Viking Grave (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Mound (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
(ADS Archive)
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| Created Date: |
16 Sep 2013 |
