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Reay

Findspot, Handle (Antler), Mould (Clay)(Iron Age)

Site Name Reay

Classification Findspot, Handle (Antler), Mould (Clay)(Iron Age)

Canmore ID 7265

Site Number NC96NE 27

NGR NC 96 65

NGR Description NC c. 96 65

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Reay
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

NC96NE 27 c. 96 65.

Part of a clay mould for casting a ring-headed pin, measuring 2 1/2ins in length, and a point of a deer-horn tine cut off 2 1/2 ins from the point and hollowed out for use as a handle, found in the sands at Reay (NC 96 65) were purchased for the National Musuem of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1927 (Accession nos: HR 816 and HR 817 respectively).

Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1927.

The mould is for Iron Age projecting ring-headed pins.

D V Clarke 1971.

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