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Lewis, Knock
Mace (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Lewis, Knock
Classification Mace (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Knock Point
Canmore ID 4306
Site Number NB43SE 3
NGR NB 49 31
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/4306
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Stornoway
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NB43SE 3 49 31.
Cushion mace-head 'found in 1904 by Mr George Macleod at Knock, on top of a gravel bed under 5ft of peat'. Length 5.15 ins (13.1cm) breadth 1.65 ins (4.2cm) tapering slightly towards sub-rounded ends, maxinum thickness 1.25ins (3.2cm) also tapering. 'The haft-hole is nearer the narrower end of 3/4 in., has parallel sides and is 0.7 ins (1.7cm) in diameter; the drilling is technically perfect.'
In the School Museum of the Nicholson Institute, Stornoway; exhibited on loan at Society of Antiquities of Scotland, 14 May 1944.
W J Gibson 1934; W J Gibson 1944.
This mace-head, a remarkably fine specimen, is still in the Nicolson Institute, where it is labelled found 'at Knock Point' (NB 49 31).
Visited by OS (A L F R) assistent archaeology officer, 22 April 1964.
