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Gigha, Cnoc Nan Gobhar
Findspot (Period Unassigned), Lithic Implement(S) (Flint)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Gigha, Cnoc Nan Gobhar
Classification Findspot (Period Unassigned), Lithic Implement(S) (Flint)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 38621
Site Number NR65SE 8
NGR NR 659 541
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/38621
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Gigha And Cara
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR65SE 8 659 541
NR 659 541 Flint implements were found by Angus MacNeill, Kinerarach, after deep ploughing of previously uncultivated field west of Cnoc nan Gobhar.
They consisted of a broken flint axehead, found in April 1960, and two large worked flints, one (No 4/61 in R E MacCallum's TS) Neolithic, and the other (No 5/61) Mesolithic (information from R B K Stevenson, National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS]).
R E MacCallum 1961; Information contained in letters from R E MacCallum to OS, 24 October 1960 and 2 May 1961; Information from R E MacCallum TS.
