Canmore Site 33105: MORTON - FORGAN - LITHIC SCATTER (PREHISTORIC), MACE, MICROLITH(S), UNIDENTIFIED FLINT(S) (FLINT)


Description

Site NameMORTON
Other Name(s)n/a
Site NumberNO42NE 53
Broad ClassTOOLS AND EQUIPMENT, MONUMENT (BY FORM), ARMOUR AND WEAPONS, UNASSIGNED (OBJECT)
Site Type(s)LITHIC SCATTER (PREHISTORIC), MACE, MICROLITH(S), UNIDENTIFIED FLINT(S) (FLINT)
NGRNO 468 261
NGR accuracyNGR given to the nearest 100m
Local AuthorityFIFE
ParishFORGAN
Record created1989-07-24
Last updated2007-01-30

Archaeology Notes

NO42NE 53 468 261 A collection of 3 stone pebbles, 5 ochre lumps (haematite), 6 struck flint cores, 67 flaked spalls and 37 waste flakes of flint, chalcedony, and other stone materials, 58 struck flint flakes with some microliths, and a barbed-and-tanged flint arrowhead (Acc Nos 1983-305 to 1983-312). Macehead: A pin-cushion type macehead (greywacke) with hour-glass perforation (Acc No 1983-304). All were surface collections from the area of the mesolithic camp site, (NO42NE 9). Acquired by Dundee Museum. A Zealand 1988.

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