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Gersa
Implement(S) (Bone), Lithic Implement(S) (Stone), Lithic Implement(S) (Flint)
Site Name Gersa
Classification Implement(S) (Bone), Lithic Implement(S) (Stone), Lithic Implement(S) (Flint)
Canmore ID 8730
Site Number ND25NE 10
NGR ND 259 574
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8730
- Council Highland
- Parish Watten
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND25NE 10 259 574.
The following objects and implements are in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS): Seven flint implements found in the Gersa district (Accession nos: AB 1545-51); cylindrical object of white quartz found near Gersa schoolhouse (BG 260); five flint scrapers, end-scraper of flint and a saw of red flint found in the neighbourhood of Gersa school (AB 2144-51); and a sickle-shaped bone object found in 1922 in a field at Gersa school.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1926; 1932.
No further information. Gersa school is at ND 2590 5745.
Visited by OS (R D L) 23 April 1963.
No change to the previous field report.
Visited by OS (J B) 19 March 1982.
