Onich
Cairn (Period Unassigned), Polished Axehead (Stone)
Site Name Onich
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned), Polished Axehead (Stone)
Canmore ID 23575
Site Number NN06SW 1
NGR NN 02 61
NGR Description NN c. 02 61
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23575
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmallie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NN06SW 1 c. 02 61.
A polished axe of veined slate (4" x 2 1/4") was found at Onich, Nether Lochaber, c.1750, when a large cairn was being removed. It was situated about the centre of the present crofts, halfway between the present road and the sea. Presented to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1890. (Accession no: AF 393)
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1890.
No further information.
Visited by OS (R L) 6 May 1970.
This axe has been petrologically attributed to group VI (epidotized intermediate tuff of the Borrowdale Volcanic Series from the Great Langdale and Scafell areas of Cumbria).
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
