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Perth Prison
Arrowhead(S) (Flint)(Period Unassigned), Scraper (Tool)(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Perth Prison
Classification Arrowhead(S) (Flint)(Period Unassigned), Scraper (Tool)(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 28390
Site Number NO12SW 26
NGR NO 118 223
NGR Description NO c. 118 223
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/28390
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Perth
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO12SW 26 c. 118 223.
(Area: NO 118 223) In Perth Museum are: a large light grey flint scraper found in 1927 in a sugar beet field at Perth Prison; two flint arrowheads and a flint scraper found in a field adjoining the lunatic department of the prison.
J Ritchie 1928; J M Wallace 1938.
These objects are held in Perth Museum under accession numbers:
PMAG: 3070 and 3071 (arrowheads)
PMAG: 2800 and 3071 (scrapers).
Information from Mr M Hall (Perth Museum), 24 March 1997.
