| Title: |
Notes on (1) a Two-storeyed Grave at Little Asta, Shetland; (2) Certain Prehistoric Relics from Shetland; and (3) a Viking Brooch of Silver from Skaill Bay, Orkney.
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| Issue: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 66 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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| Volume: |
66
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| Number of Pages: |
471 |
| Page Start/End: |
69 - 85 |
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| Licence Type: |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
A stone cist comprising two compartments contained both burnt and unburnt bone in its lower storey, with a decayed skeleton and two steatite bowls in its upper. No mound survived. Notes on miscellaneous objects from Shetland including axes, adzes, 'Shetland knives', flint arrowheads, a soapstone dish, a club-like implement and a pennanular bronze brooch. A Viking brooch from Skaill Bay was part of a hoard discovered in 1858. |
| Year of Publication: |
1931
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Bronze Brooch (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Brooch (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Bone (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Bowls (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Stone Cist (Auto Detected Subject) |
| 1858 (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Knives Flint (Auto Detected Subject) |
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GRAVE
(Monument Type England)
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
(ADS Archive)
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| Created Date: |
12 Aug 2013 |
