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'Mid Balquhain'
Mace (Period Unassigned)
Site Name 'Mid Balquhain'
Classification Mace (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 149657
Site Number NJ72SW 157
NGR NJ 73 22
NGR Description NJ c. 73 22
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/149657
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Inverurie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ72SW 157 c. 73 22
AH 204. Half of hammer, broken through perforation, 2 1/2 ins (64mm) broad, 1 7/8 ins (48mm) thick, from Mid Balquhain. Presented by Captain Hugh P Lumsden of Auchindoir, 1937.
Information from NMS (Archaeology Continuation Catalogue) per T Cowie, 2 June 1999.
A macehead from Mid Balquhain is held in the NMAS under accession number AH 204.
[The PSAS reference cited indicates that the discovery was made on the Clova estates).
NMRS, MS/712/71.
PSAS 1938.
There is no change to the existing record.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 8 September 2003.
