Scalloway
Knife (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Scalloway
Classification Knife (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 979
Site Number HU43NW 15
NGR HU 40 39
NGR Description HU c. 40 39
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Tingwall
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU43NW 15 c. 40 39.
A polished serpentine knife, found at Scalloway (HU 4039) was in the collection of J W Cursiter, Kirkwall, in 1885. Of subrectangular form, it measures 5 1/4 ins long, 3 7/8 ins broad, and 1/4 in thick in the centre; it is sharpened to an edge on three sides, the other being rounded, and is almost identical in shape with fig. 263 of Dr Evans's 'Ancient Stone Implements and Weapons of Great Britain'.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1885. (Exhibits).
