Document record MAB56231 - HILL OF BOGHEAD
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Summary
Site of a cairn.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 8028 1367 (40m by 40m) Location only - Point |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ81SW |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Kintore |
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
An armlet (otherwise known as a bangle) and a jet necklace was found in 1789 by Mr. John Lumsden when removing one of the larger cairns on the Hill of Boghead. The bangle was found with, or in, an urn containing human hair, which was itself in or near a stone coffin in the centre of a cairn. The bangle is made from opaque white glass completely covering the inner ice-blue glass body. The inner surface has patches of opaque yellow glass and, in a few places, corroded iron scales deriving from the manufacture are visible with the naked eye. The piece is a Kilbride-Jones Type 1 glass bangle and is dated to the Roman Scottish Iron Age. The pieces of jet necklace are typically Early or Middle Bronze Age. Nothing is now visible of the cairn.
ORDNANCE SURVEY, 1871, Ordnance Name Book, No51(1864) 124 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1360.
GLASS ARMLET
KILBRIDE-JONES, HE, 1938, PSAS 72(1937-8) 367-372, 382-90, FIG 5 No2 (Bibliographic reference). SAB967.
Author unknown, n.d., NSA, (1843) 659 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1269.
GLASS ARMLET
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- NMR Card Number: NJ81SE16;
- NRHE Numlink: 19552;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ81SW0011;
External Links (1)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/19552 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (3)
Finds (5)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Early Bronze Age to Roman Iron Age - 2200 BC to 251 AD)
- BRACELET / ARMLET (Roman Iron Age - 101 AD to 200 AD)
- BRACELET / ARMLET (Roman Iron Age - 101 AD to 200 AD)
- NECKLACE (Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 1301 BC)
- URN (Early Bronze Age to Roman Iron Age - 2200 BC to 251 AD)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Jul 7 2026 12:17PM
