Channerwick
Axehead (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Channerwick
Classification Axehead (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 962
Site Number HU42SW 8
NGR HU 40 23
NGR Description HU c. 40 23
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU42SW 8 c. 40 23.
An axe of mottled felsite, highly polished, of rare bent form, 9 ins long by 3 ins at the cutting edge, tapering to a point at the top, from Dunrossness (parish name: HU 40 23) was purchased for the Smith Institute, Stirling at the Mitchell Sale in 1911. (Accession no. 3379)
Catalogue of the Smith Institute [Stirling] 1934.
