Archaeology Notes

Event ID 670687

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ81NW 27 c. 83 16.

An oblong flint knife with a ground edge has been found at Fintray. It is narrower at one end than the other, 2 5/16 by 1 by 1/2inch, ground smooth on both faces, and to a sharp cutting edge on the two longest sides and at the narrowest end. It was purchased for the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1892.

Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1893.

The accession number of this flint knife is NMS: AA 80.

Information from RCAHMS (JRS) 5 July 2001.