Summary

Two portions of a tree-coffin [or log coffin], found on Dumglow in the Cleish Hills, Kinross-shire

Accession Number

X.EQ 519

Other references

Original description

COLLECTIONS FROM SEPULCHRAL DEPOSITS: Two portions of a tree-coffin, originally about 7ft. in length, found on Dumglow in the Cleish Hills, Kinross. Trevor Cowie notes 25 July 2013: these fragments both have accession numbers marked on them. The larger of the two pieces is an elongated irregularly triangular shape, worked at the broader end and tapering to an uneven break at the other. L:1230mm; max W: 450mm; max Th 150mm. The other piece is an irregular elongated fragment with a plano-convex section. L: 1110mm; max W: 180mm; max Th 50mm.Although no longer an exact fit, the junction between the two pieces is probably original. RCAHMS no NT09NE 4. For details of site see Abercromby, J 'Report on excavations at Fethaland and Trowie Knowe, Shetland; and of the exploration of a cairn on Dumglow, one of the Cleish Hills, Kinross-shire', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 39, 179-181.

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)

Dumglow, Cleish Hills, Kinross-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1905

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Honourable J. Abercromby

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

None