Ardnamurchan, Kentra Bay, Bruach Na Maorach
Flake (Bloodstone)(Mesolithic), Unidentified Flint(S) (Flint)(Mesolithic)
Site Name Ardnamurchan, Kentra Bay, Bruach Na Maorach
Classification Flake (Bloodstone)(Mesolithic), Unidentified Flint(S) (Flint)(Mesolithic)
Canmore ID 22497
Site Number NM66NW 3
NGR NM 645 676
NGR Description NM c. 645 676
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Ardnamurchan
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
NM66NW 3 c. 645 676
A small number of Late Larnian and Obanian-type mesolithic artifacts in flint and quartz have been found under peat below Bruach na Maorach (the Shell-fish Bank - name: NM 643 675). They were donated to the NMAS in 1960 by the late W A Munro.
A D Lacaille 1954; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1963.
No further information.
Visited by OS (RL), 28 May 1970.
NM 645 676. Mesolithic Flints, etc, Kentra Bay: Twenty-nine flakes and chips, cores, 'thumbnail' scraper, knife and one core and one flake of Rhum bloodstone. Heavily patinated (Thornber 1974).
Donated to the NMAS (PSAS 1978).
I Thornber 1974; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1978.
The artifacts from Kentra Bay cannot be closely dated within the Mesolithic period.
RCAHMS 1980.
