Highland HER Monument MHG14153: Polished Axe, Altnagar


Description

Site NamePolished Axe, Altnagar
Site Type(s)FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)
Find Type(s)POLISHED AXEHEAD Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC (FHG776)
NGRNH 5890 9890
ParishKINCARDINE
Record created21/05/2003 13:45:29
Last updated09/09/2020 14:59:40

Description and Sources

A polished flint axehead was found in c. April 1989 after ploughing of ground for forestry.
Info from attached record card.

There is documentation regarding the axehead Inverness Museum's archive files. The axe is described as made of polished flint in very good condition, found near the Aultnagar Hotel on the A836 to Lairg during forestry planataion work in 1989. The axehead is of probable Yorkshire manufacture which is rare in the North of Scotland. It measures 13cm in length and has a blade width of 4cm and a butt width of 2.5cm. It is listed under Acc. No. 1990.071. <1>


<1> Inverness Museum, 2019, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery Archive Files, 1990.071 (Collection). SHG28371.

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