Kennieshillock
Mace (Stone)
Site Name Kennieshillock
Classification Mace (Stone)
Alternative Name(s) Kenneth's Mount
Canmore ID 16966
Site Number NJ36SW 5
NGR NJ 304 607
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16966
- Council Moray
- Parish Urquhart
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ36SW 5 304 607.
A faceted mace-head with ornament incomplete, of white quartz streaked with red, was found near Kenneth's Mount (NJ 3025 6075) in or before 1871, and was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] by Rev J Morrison in 1872 (Acc No.AH 37)
J Morrison 1873; NMAS 1892; J Anderson 1909; F E S Roe 1967.
According to Mr Milne (J B Milne, Kennieshillock, Mosstodloch, Morayshire) his father found this macehead in the area centred NJ 304 607
Visited by OS (I S S) 19 January 1972.
