Moosa Water
Axehead (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Moosa Water
Classification Axehead (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 855
Site Number HU38NW 6
NGR HU 331 891
NGR Description HU c. 331 891
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Northmavine
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU38NW 6 c. 331 891
There is a stone axe rough-out, of Group XXII stone, from Moosa Water (centred HU 331 891) in the possession of Mr P R Ritchie.
Typescript: P R Ritchie and J G Scott 1981.
This roughout axe has been petrologically attributed to group XXII (riebeckite felsite from Northmavine).
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
