Centred 847 498.

Six glass beads found in clearing out a ditch before February 1864, were donated to NMAS by Wm Stables, Cawdor Castle, in April 1864. (FJ 1-4, 17-18).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1865; 1885; J M Joass 1865.

Guido identifies the beads as Class 13 (North Scottish spiral-decorated beads) and Class 14 (North Scottish decorated annular beads). <1>

The NMS catalogue lists four glass beads of green paste, enamelled on the surface with yellow spirals (Acc. Nos. FJ 1- FJ 4) and two annular bead of blue and yellow glass (FJ 17- FJ 18). <1>

PSAS, 1865, 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 5 1862-4, p.9-18,30-3,61-5,81-4,109-16,122-9,185-9,213-22,239-42,284-9,300-3,322-331, 300 (Text/Publication/Article). SHG634.

Joass, J M, 1865, 'Notice of a cist and its contents in the parish of Eddertoun, Ross-shire, recently opened', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 5 1862-4, p.311-5, 313 (Text/Publication/Article). SHG1233.

PSAS, 1885, 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library, with exhibits', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 19 1884-5, p.8-14,51-4,75-82,132-9,161-5,247-52,326-36, 133 (Text/Publication/Article). SHG611.

<1> Guido, M, 1978, The glass beads of the prehistoric and Roman periods in Britain and Ireland, 196, 200 (Text/Publication/Volume). SHG2300.

<1> National Museums of Scotland, 2019, Highland Finds from the NMS Catalogue, FJ 1-4, 17-18 (Dataset/Database File). SHG28278.