NMS Archaeology Object 14337: H.HY 23 - Handle / pommel


Description

Summary


Handle and pommel of solid deerhorn carved to form a roughly square pommel and circular sectioned handle, from Urquhart Castle


Accession Number


H.HY 23


Other references

HAAQ Register Number
NMAS Loan Number (marked on object)
H.1955.795
Q.L.1923.23

Original description

Urquhart Castle. [One of] Collection of relics found during the restoration of the Castle by H.M. Office of Works - see Register for 1923 pp.53-63 and Loan Register 1923. 5-140. PSAS 112, 1982, 465-476. Handle and pommel of solid deerhorn carved to form a roughly square pommel and circular sectioned handle which is broken through a large circular perforation approximately 15 mm in diameter. SD note, November 1999: Upgraded from PSAS.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1955-06-03

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Seafield Trustees
MacKenzie, Innes and Logan [Melville Street, Edinburgh]

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor
Agent

Image

None

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