Craig Aboyne
Axehead(S) (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Craig Aboyne
Classification Axehead(S) (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Corpach
Canmore ID 23713
Site Number NN17NW 9
NGR NN 105 772
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23713
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmallie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NN17NW 9 105 772.
Two stone axes, 2.4" by 1.7" by 0.65" and 5.25" by 2.5" by 1.15", found in a cave at "Craig Aboyne near Fort William, findspot NN 105 772, are in the possession of Miss Cassels, Tigh Beag, Corpach, Fort William.
National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) Card Index, undated.
Craig Aboyne is a knoll commanding a wide view at NN 1074 7702. There is no trace of a cave, nor any local tradition of one. Miss Cassels still has the two stone axes in her possession. They were left to her by her parents but she has no idea of their provenance, or who supplied the information to the NMAS.
Visited by OS (JM) 4 September 1974
Field Walking (October 2001)
NN 1191 7702 to NN 0928 7460 A desk-based assessment and walkover survey were carried out in advance of work to lay new sections of water main, totalling approximately 16km, on the N and S shores of Loch Eil. The desk-based assessment identified a single building on the 1st edition OS not noted in the NMRS (NN 0584 7829). The survey identified two sites: a small 19th-century building (NN 0512 7702) and a borrow-pit (NN 0936 7517).
Full report lodged with the NMRS.
Sponsor: Team Aquarius
R Conolly 2001 (Headland Archaeology)
Note (10 April 2012)
A member of the Cassels family reported that these axes were uncovered during ploughing on a farm at, or near, Corpach.
Information from RCAHMS (SC), via email, 10 April 2012
