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Whitchesters
Findspot (Period Unassigned), Armlet(S) (Period Unassigned), Flake(S) (Period Unassigned), Lithic Implement(S) (Period Unassigned), Microlith(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Whitchesters
Classification Findspot (Period Unassigned), Armlet(S) (Period Unassigned), Flake(S) (Period Unassigned), Lithic Implement(S) (Period Unassigned), Microlith(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 54143
Site Number NT41SE 11
NGR NT 469 110
NGR Description From NT 469 110 to NT 488 130
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/54143
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Hawick
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT41SE 11 469 110 to 488 130.
A collection of artifacts of flint and stone from the farms of Crumhaugh Hill (NT 488 130), Whitchesters (NT 469 110) and Southfield (NT 473 089), were donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1948-9 by Mrs. I. Turnbull, Haysike, Hawick (NT 475 125).
The collection includes 3 microliths, flakes and implements of quartz and chert, fragments of cannel-coal armlets, and a quartz pebble worn by use as an inset in a wooden plough.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1951
For material from Crumhaugh Hill, see NT41SE 19, and from Southfield, see NT40NE 30. For additional material from Whitchesters, see NT41SE 31 and NT41SE 32.
