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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

Archaeology Notes

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.

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