Dunnichen
Findspot, Lithic Implement (Stone)
Site Name Dunnichen
Classification Findspot, Lithic Implement (Stone)
Canmore ID 34694
Site Number NO54NW 8
NGR NO 50 48
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Angus
- Parish Dunnichen
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO54NW 8 50 48.
An oval stone "of quartz, 3 3/4" in length, 3 1/4" in breadth, and 1 3/4" in greatest thickness, having an oval hollow 2 1/4" by 1 3/4" and 1/2" deep, scooped in one of its flat sides, the other bearing an oblique depression similar to those of the 'belt stones' of the Iron Age of Scandinavia" found at Dunnichen (NO 50 48), was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1880 by R Dickson (Accession no: AM 5).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1880.
