NMS Archaeology Object 14355: H.HY 41 - Arrowhead


Description

Summary


Arrowhead of iron of early form with marked shoulders, also centrally ridged, from Urquhart Castle, 13th - 17th century


Accession Number


H.HY 41


Other references

HAAQ Register Number
NMAS Loan Number
H.1955.813
Q.L.1923.41

Original description

Urquhart Castle. [One of] Collection of relics found during the restoration of the Castle by H.M. Office of Works - see Register for 1923 pp.53-63 and Loan Register 1923. 5-140. PSAS 112, 1982, 465-476. [One of] Arrowheads. LMMC type 3. No 17 is of this early form with marked shoulders but also is centrally ridged. No 16 has the more common plain section, but may in fact have been barbed like no 13. SD note, November 1999: Upgraded from PSAS.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1955-06-03

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Seafield Trustees
MacKenzie, Innes and Logan [Melville Street, Edinburgh]

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor
Agent

Image

None

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