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Antfield
Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Axehead (Basalt)
Site Name Antfield
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Axehead (Basalt)
Canmore ID 13186
Site Number NH63NW 7
NGR NH 6163 3755
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13186
- Council Highland
- Parish Dores
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH63NW 7 6163 3755.
(NH 61633755) Stone Battle Axe found A.D. 1870 {NAT}
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1906)
A fine basalt axe-head, found in a cairn at Antfield, is in Mr. Stewart's collection of fossils and specimens.
ISSFC 1888.
This axe was discovered by ploughing about 18 chains north of Antfield steading, and is in the possession of Mr. Stewart, Free Church, Schoolmaster, Dores.
Name Book 1871.
No trace of a cairn is to be seen at this spot. At NH 6152 3761, however, lying in a hollow at the foot of a SE-facing slope, is a low, spread mound of small stones, partly grass-covered, and measuring c.25.0m in diameter and 1.0m high; but from its situation and character, is more probably a field clearance heap than a burial cairn. The site of the axe find is located at the top of rising ground.
Visited by OS (E G C) 20 March 1962.
No change to previous field report.
Visited by OS (N K B) 20 January 1972.
