Sutherland and the Reay country
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THE ANTIQUITIES OF SUTHERLAND.
BRONZE VESSELS FOUND NEAR HELMSDALE.
whole appear to have been beaten into form and lathe-dressed.
In the same neighbourhood a stone ball of the Bronze Age
was also picked up. From Kintradwell — a district full of
many antiquities — we have clippings, waste-jets, and crucibles,
pointing to the presence here at one time of artificers in
bronze.
Among the personal ornaments of this period are shale
beads, bronze pins and buttons, necklaces of jet and bronze
armlets. Beads, pins, and buttons often constitute part of
BRONZE VESSELS FOUND NEAR HELMSDALE.
whole appear to have been beaten into form and lathe-dressed.
In the same neighbourhood a stone ball of the Bronze Age
was also picked up. From Kintradwell — a district full of
many antiquities — we have clippings, waste-jets, and crucibles,
pointing to the presence here at one time of artificers in
bronze.
Among the personal ornaments of this period are shale
beads, bronze pins and buttons, necklaces of jet and bronze
armlets. Beads, pins, and buttons often constitute part of
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| Histories of Scottish families > Sutherland and the Reay country > (135) Page 101 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/95319279 |
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| Description | Illustration: Bronze vessels found near Helmsdale. |
| Description | History, antiquities, folklore, topography, regiments, ecclesiastical records, poetry and music, etc. Edited by Rev. Adam Gunn, M.A., and John Mackay. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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