Lochlundie Moss
Axehead (Stone), Oar(S), Unidentified Flint(S) (Flint), Logboat
Site Name Lochlundie Moss
Classification Axehead (Stone), Oar(S), Unidentified Flint(S) (Flint), Logboat
Alternative Name(s) Fernie Brae; Ferny Brae
Canmore ID 20966
Site Number NK03SW 15
NGR NK 04 33
NGR Description NK c. 04 33
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20966
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Slains
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NK03SW 15 c. 04 33.
Finds from Fernie Brae, Lochlundie Moss (NK 04 33) include:
Flint flakes and cores similar to those (allegedly mesolithic) found at the mouth of the Ytham.
A canoe with broken oars found in several feet of peat.
A broken stone axe, originally about 10" long.
A flint spearhead, 4 1/2" long.
Two leaf-shaped arrowheads.
J Dalgarno 1876.
Fernie Brae unlocated. No further information.
Visited by OS (NKB) 3 September 1970.
Dalgarno notes the discovery of a logboat and 'broken oars' during peat-digging in Lochlundie Moss, near Ferny Brae and 'at a depth of several feet'. Lochlundie Moss is a raised peat-bog at an altitude of about 70m OD and the discovery was probably made before 1867, at which date the Name Book notes that the moss was 'pretty well drained'.
J Dalgarno 1876; OS Name Book; R J C Mowat 1996.