Inverurie District
Anvil(S), Arrowhead(S), Axehead(S) (Stone), Hammer(S), Mould(S), Pounder, Spindle Whorl(S), Stone Ball(S) (Stone), Unidentified Flint(S) (Flint)
Site Name Inverurie District
Classification Anvil(S), Arrowhead(S), Axehead(S) (Stone), Hammer(S), Mould(S), Pounder, Spindle Whorl(S), Stone Ball(S) (Stone), Unidentified Flint(S) (Flint)
Canmore ID 18971
Site Number NJ72SE 93
NGR NJ 7 2
NGR Description Unlocated
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18971
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Inverurie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ72SE 93 unlocated
A collection by the late John Kerr, Lily Cottage, Kemnay made between 1894 and 1928 included the following objects from the Inverurie and surrounding districts:-
29 Stone Axes
67 Flint Arrowheads
13 Stone Balls
53 Stone Whorls
6 Stone Hammers
6 Stone Anvils
5 Stone Buttons
22 Stone Pounders
1 Flint Saw
5 Quern Stones
5 Stone Moulds
2 Pivot Stones
and over a thousand worked flints.
Some of these are in Inverurie Museum and have been recorded individually where possible.
Information from John Kerr's Private Collection Catalogue, Inverurie Museum.
The collection of Inverurie Museum has been re-catalogued, but the new catalogue is incomplete and there is no easy system of identifying the new accession numbers of this artefacts.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 5 June 2001.
