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Alford

Mould (Stone)

Site Name Alford

Classification Mould (Stone)

Canmore ID 17548

Site Number NJ51NE 36

NGR NJ 57 16

NGR Description NJ c. 57 16

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Alford
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Gordon
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ51NE 36 c. 57 16.

A stone mould from Alford (no details given) was exhibited in Glasgow in 1911, on loan from L M Mann. It was among a group of moulds classified as early bronze age, for casting flat axes, chisels, rings and bars.

Palace of History 1911.

The present whereabouts of this mould, which was shown at an exhibition in 1911, is not known.

Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 12 March 1998.

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