Airdens

NH69SW 50 624 938.

A highly polished and beautifully ornamented hammer of hornstone was found when clearing out a ditch at Airdens (NH 624 938). It was in the possession of Donald MacKenzie, Inland Revenue, Bonar Bridge in 1909, and in February 1912 was sold at Sotheby's for $105, the purchaser being the Marquis of Bute who presented it to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in March 1912. It is of a very rare type, comparative examples coming from Morayshire, Staffordshire and Wales.

J Anderson 1909; The Antiquary 1912; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1912

No further information found during field investigation.

Visited by OS (W D J) 8 June 1963.

Implement reclassified as a faceted macehead of light-coloured flint.

F Roe 1968.