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Skye, Glendale

Axehead(S) (Stone)

Site Name Skye, Glendale

Classification Axehead(S) (Stone)

Canmore ID 10581

Site Number NG14NE 7

NGR NG 18 49

NGR Description NG c. 18 49

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Duirinish
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Skye And Lochalsh
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NG14NE 7 c. 18 49.

Two stone axes (4 " x 2 5/8" x 1", and 3 7/8" x 2 7/16" x 15/16") and a water-worn pebble, found in Glendale, are in the (NMAS, Accession nos AF 729-731)

Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1933.

NMS AF 729 (Clough and Cummins SKY 1) has been petrologically attributed to group IX; NMS AF 730 (SKY 2) is 'close' to the same group. Group IX comprises porcellanite objects from Tievebulliagh and Rathlin, Northern Ireland.

T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.

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