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Inverness-shire

Axehead (Stone)

Site Name Inverness-shire

Classification Axehead (Stone)

Canmore ID 95791

Site Number NH53SE 22

NGR NH 5 3

NGR Description Unlocated

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Dores
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Inverness
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NH53SE 22 unlocated

Axe of Serpentine, 2 1/2 x 2 in., cutting edge imperfect on one side, from Inverness-shire. Purchased 1884.

National Museum of Antiquites of Scotland (NMAS) 1892.

This axe is held in the Royal Museum of Scotland under accession number AF 257. It has been petrologically attributed to group IX (porcellanite from Tievebulliagh and Rathlin, Northern Ireland).

T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.

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