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Inverness-shire
Axehead (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Inverness-shire
Classification Axehead (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 95791
Site Number NH53SE 22
NGR NH 5 3
NGR Description Unlocated
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/95791
- Council Highland
- Parish Dores
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
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.
