NMS Archaeology Object 384106: X.IB 340 - Grave slab
Description
Summary
Cross-marked grave slab of schist, from a Viking boat burial at Kiloran Bay, Colonsay, Argyll, 875 - 925 AD
Accession Number
X.IB 340
Other references
Queen Street Loan Number | Q.L.1924.34 |
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Original description
[MOS List, Movement, II.3.2, September 1997]. [One of] Cross-marked stones from grave structure - part of the Kiloran Bay assemblage. Updated from SCRAN full data set, December 1998. SD note, July 1999: Edited from SCRAN full data set. [Loan description - Q.L.1924.33] [One of] Objects included in Collection from Viking Grave, Colonsay:- [One of] Two rough schist Slabs from enclosing stones, with incised crosses. Trevor Cowie notes, 25.6.2014: X.IB 339A comprises 10 detached flakes of schist from grave slabs, X.IB 339-340, with incised crosses, excavated in 1882-3 from a Viking boat burial at Kiloran Bay, Colonsay, Argyll. Located at time of Findlay Building decant 2009, previously un-marked and/or unregistered, and therefore allocated temporary 'Yellow Tag' (YT) number FB.YT.551. Note that without further checking, the flakes could derive from either X.IB 339 or X.IB 340; if specific fragments can be re-united with certainty with X.IB 340, a further accession number should be created.
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)
Kiloran Bay, Colonsay, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe
Acquisition
Acquisition date
1898
Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)
Lord Strathcona
Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)
Vendor
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Identifiers and Links to Other Records
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Identifier / External Link | Linked Record | Status | Comment |
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Canmore Site Id: 38173 | COLONSAY, KILORAN BAY - COLONSAY AND ORONSAY - INHUMATION (PERIOD UNASSIGNED), SHIP BURIAL (VIKING) | Definite | |
NMS Accession Number: X.IB 340 | No linked record | Identifier supplied by NMS |
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