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Edinburgh, Holyrood Park, Arthur's Seat

Knife (Flint)

Site Name Edinburgh, Holyrood Park, Arthur's Seat

Classification Knife (Flint)

Alternative Name(s) Queen's Park

Canmore ID 52270

Site Number NT27SE 251

NGR NT 27563 72907

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Edinburgh, City Of
  • Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District City Of Edinburgh
  • Former County Midlothian

Archaeology Notes

NT27SE 251 2753 7295

See also NT27SE 93.

A leaf-shaped flint knife found lying on exposed gravel 7m N of the OS triangulation pillar on Arthur's Seat in 1979 is now in RMS (NMAS).

P Harrington 1979; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1983.

Noted.

NMRS, MS/726/96 (33, no. 3).

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