1808 account of antiquities
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An Iodhlann cat. no. 2021.53.87
Old Description of Tiree, 1808 Argyll Papers NRAS6/PFV65/87 Transcription:
‘A square altar in the E. and is still 18” high ; the cross without the pedestal 4ft. within 60 yards of it, on the shore, on the top of a rock is made a hollow 2ft. diam’r and 4ft. deep called by the country people St.Patrick’s Vat. There are 9 or 10 large stones in different parts…. British Danish and other small silver coins have been found buried in small earthen vessels. In a stock- yard at Cornaig beg in Tirey in digging pits in sandy ground there were found at different times human skeletons and nigh them the skeletons of horses. They seemed to have been completely armed according to the times. 200 swords were found diminished with rust: silver work preserved the handles. There were also shields and helmets with a brass spear.’
This largely derivative of the Old Statistical Account of 1794.
Old Description of Tiree, 1808 Argyll Papers NRAS6/PFV65/87 Transcription:
‘A square altar in the E. and is still 18” high ; the cross without the pedestal 4ft. within 60 yards of it, on the shore, on the top of a rock is made a hollow 2ft. diam’r and 4ft. deep called by the country people St.Patrick’s Vat. There are 9 or 10 large stones in different parts…. British Danish and other small silver coins have been found buried in small earthen vessels. In a stock- yard at Cornaig beg in Tirey in digging pits in sandy ground there were found at different times human skeletons and nigh them the skeletons of horses. They seemed to have been completely armed according to the times. 200 swords were found diminished with rust: silver work preserved the handles. There were also shields and helmets with a brass spear.’
This largely derivative of the Old Statistical Account of 1794.
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