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Dalgheal
Polished Axehead (Stone)
Site Name Dalgheal
Classification Polished Axehead (Stone)
Alternative Name(s) Dalghead; Evantown
Canmore ID 13653
Site Number NH66NW 11
NGR NH 61 67
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13653
- Council Highland
- Parish Kiltearn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH66NW 11 61 67
A polished greenstone axe 'from Dalghead, Evantown' is in the Royal Museum of Scotland (RMS, formerly the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS]) (AF 446). (Dalghead: name not located; Evanton: NH 60 66).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1898.
The occupier of Dail-Gheal at NH 615 674 (Dalgheal on current OS maps) said that he had not heard of any place bearing the name Dalghead, but added that 'Dail'Gheal' was frequently mis-spelled.
Visited by OS (RDL) 5 May 1963.
