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Fetternear
Leaf Arrowhead (Flint), Spearhead
Site Name Fetternear
Classification Leaf Arrowhead (Flint), Spearhead
Canmore ID 18656
Site Number NJ71NW 10
NGR NJ 72 17
NGR Description NJ c. 72 17
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18656
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Chapel Of Garioch
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ71NW 10 c. 72 17.
A leaf-shaped flint implement, 2 3/4" x 1 1/4", found at Fetternear (NJ 72 17) was purchased for the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1892 from the collection of the late John Rae.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1893.
The Royal Museum of Scotland has no record of a leaf-shaped flint arrowhead from Fetternear, but they have a have a spearhead (RMS: AA 74).
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 17 December 1997.
(Listed among Spearhead or leaf-shaped implements from Aberdeenshire). NMS AA 74. 2 3/4 ins (70mm) by 1 1/4 ins (32mm), from Fetternear. Rae collection.
Information from Mr T Cowie (RMS archaeology continuation catalogue), 14 April 1998.
