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Rousay, Sourin Valley

Knife (Flint)(Period Unassigned)

Site Name Rousay, Sourin Valley

Classification Knife (Flint)(Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 2707

Site Number HY43SW 11

NGR HY 42 30

NGR Description HY c. 42 30

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish Rousay And Egilsay
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Orkney
  • Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

HY43SW 11 42 30.

A flint knife, turned up by the plough in the Sourin Valley Rousay in October 1882, was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in January 1883 by George M M'Crie, Corquoy, Rousay. It is a leaf-shaped flake with considerable curvature and is 4 1/2 inches long and 1 inch wide.

Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1883 (Donations).

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Note (1982)

Sourin area HY 42 30 HY43SW 11

Flint knife; NMAS.

RCAHMS 1982

(PSAS, 17, 1882-3, 70; OR 612)

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