Canmore Site 28252: CALLARFOUNTAIN - FORGANDENNY - BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (FLINT), UNIDENTIFIED FLINT(S) (FLINT)


Description

Site NameCALLARFOUNTAIN
Other Name(s)n/a
Site NumberNO12SW 1
Broad ClassARMOUR AND WEAPONS, UNASSIGNED (OBJECT)
Site Type(s)BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (FLINT), UNIDENTIFIED FLINT(S) (FLINT)
NGRNO 101 208
NGR accuracyNGR given to the nearest 100m
Local AuthorityPERTH AND KINROSS
ParishFORGANDENNY
Record created1988-02-22
Last updated2002-05-15

Archaeology Notes

NO12SW 1 c. 101 208 Three 'strike a light' flints, and a flake with beautifully worked edges found in rabbit burrows, also a barbed and tanged arrowhead, all from Callerfountain, were donated by Mr G Valentine of Perth to the Perth Museum (Accs. Nos. 1419, 1421, 1422) J Asher 1923. None of the flints is in Perth Museum; their present whereabouts is not known. The arrowhead is in the Museum, Acc. No. 1422. No further information. Visited by OS (E G C) 8 November 1963. Of the three flints originally listed, only PMAG: 1422, a flint barbed-and-tanged arrowhead, can be accounted for in the Perth Museum Collections. Items 1419 (donated in 1909) and 1421 (donated in 1915) are missing. Information from Mr M Hall, Perth Museum, 24 March 1997.

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