Highland HER Monument MHG29581: Polished Flint Axehead - Inverness
Description
| Site Name | Polished Flint Axehead - Inverness |
|---|---|
| Site Type(s) | FINDSPOT (Undated) |
| Find Type(s) | POLISHED AXEHEAD Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC (FHG687) |
| NGR | NH 6400 4299 |
| Parish | INVERNESS AND BONA |
| Record created | 12/02/2001 15:49:53 |
| Last updated | 12/05/2020 23:30:56 |
Description and Sources
A part-polished flint axehead in mottled brown flint with polished blade. L: 78mm, Blade W: 33mm, Butt W: 20mm. Unprovenanced. Discovered 12/94. IMAG.
J Aitken : 12/02/01.
Stray find in a load of topsoil according to the museum notes, delivered to Holm Mills, origin unknown.
Accession no - 1996.008
Information supplied by Patricia Weeks, Inverness Museum, 12/11/01.
J Aitken : 12/11/01
Recorded in the Treasure Trove Database (TT 64/95). It was allocated to Inverness Museum and is listed under Acc. No. 1996.008. <1> <2>
Inverness Museum archive files contain a photograph and illustration of the axehead. <3>
<1> Treasure Trove, 2019, Highland Finds from Treasure Trove Annual Reports 2004-18, TT 64/95 (Dataset/Database File). SHG28208.
<2> Inverness Museum & Art Gallery, Inverness Museum & Art Gallery Accession registers, 1996.008 (Collection/Catalogue). SHG25836.
<3> Inverness Museum, 2019, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery Archive Files, 1996.008 (Collection). SHG28371.
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