Skye, Glendale
Axehead(S) (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skye, Glendale
Classification Axehead(S) (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 10581
Site Number NG14NE 7
NGR NG 18 49
NGR Description NG c. 18 49
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Duirinish
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
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.
