Nairn, Wyvis Road
Knife (Flint)
Site Name Nairn, Wyvis Road
Classification Knife (Flint)
Alternative Name(s) Sandown Road
Canmore ID 15110
Site Number NH85NE 24
NGR NH 8661 5554
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15110
- Council Highland
- Parish Nairn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
NH85NE 24 8661 5554.
A flint knife from Sandown Road, Nairn, was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1964 by R MacDonald, Nairn.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1967.
This flint knife was found at NH 8661 5554 by Mr MacDonald in 1964, about 1' under ground level in peat, whilst digging the foundaton for a private house - 5 Wyvis Road.
Visited by OS (A A) 24 May 1971.
This "knife" - Acc. No. AB 2800 - is a long blade of light buff-grey cherty flint, 3.3" long, 0.1" max. width, with no secondary marking. A blade as large as this is not Mesolithic, but it could be either Neolithic or Early Bronze Age.
Information from Dr Close-Brooks, NMAS to OS, 6 March 1972.
