Canmore Site 1185: STROMFIRTH - NESTING - POLISHED AXEHEAD(S)


Description

Site NameSTROMFIRTH
Other Name(s)n/a
Site NumberHU45SW 7
Broad ClassTOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Site Type(s)POLISHED AXEHEAD(S)
NGRHU 404 508
Local AuthoritySHETLAND ISLANDS
ParishNESTING
Record created1988-02-08
Last updated2006-10-17

Archaeology Notes

HU45SW 7 404 508. Two miniature polished stone axes (Accession no. ARC 65580) a stone ball (Accession no. ARC 65590) and steatite beads (Accession no. 65585) were donated by Rev. M.C.S. Johnston, in 1965. Acc Reg Shetland Museum. Rev. M.C.S. Johnston (Rev M C S Johnston, Wesley Manse, Sandwick), stated that all these items were given to him years ago by the late Mr. W. Hunter of Stromfirth, who found them somewhere on his croft. He also had in his possession a polished stone axe which he found embedded in clay in the bank of the stream that ran past his croft. The crofthouse at HU 4047 5086 is now deserted. Visited by OS (AA) 22 June 1968.

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