Netherhouse
Spearhead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Netherhouse
Classification Spearhead (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 1986
Site Number HY31NE 16
NGR HY 3742 1840
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1986
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Firth
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY31NE 16 3742 1840.
HY 374 184. A well-preserved, Class IV, looped-and-socketed LBA bronze spearhead, just under 5 1/2 ins long, was found about 1942 by T.Aitken, Nether House, while cutting peats about 450 yds east of his house. It lay at a depth of 4 1/2 ft in clay and below the peat.
It now forms part of the Aitken Collection at Nether House.
H Marwick 1951; J Coles 1962.
Mr Aitken indicated the site at HY 3742 1840 where the spearhead was found. It is as described: it is the only item in the Aitken Collection.
Find-spot surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(RL) 3 June 1967.
