Hanover
Axehead (Stone)
Site Name Hanover
Classification Axehead (Stone)
Canmore ID 15573
Site Number NH95SE 18
NGR NH 9669 5313
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15573
- Council Highland
- Parish Auldearn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
NH95SE 18 9669 5313.
A stone axehead found at Hanover (NH 967 531), was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) by the Earl of Cawdor (Accession no: AF 1015).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1967
According to the farmer at Hanover, the axe was found in 1961 at NH 9669 5313 by workmen laying an electric cable between farm outbuildings. Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (RL) 5 January 1971
