Find Spot record MHG12417 - Flint Arrowheads, by Kinvonvie Farmhouse

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 6008 0620 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC60NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish LAIRG

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Full Description

Flint Arrow Heads found here AD. 1869 (NAT)
OS 6"map, Sutherlandshire, 2nd ed., (1907)

Adjacent to Kinvonovie farm house, flint arrow heads were found AD 1863 and are deposited in the museum at Dunrobin.
Name Book 1873.

No further information was found during field investigation.
Visited by OS (W D J) 30 June 1960.

These flint arrowheads are not listed in the Dunrobin Museum Accession Register. There are collections of leaf-shaped, hollow-based and barbed-and-tanged arrowheads "found locally, mainly from Ferry Links" (See NH89NW 2) in the museum (Acc Nos: X 10, 11, 12) but the date of accession is unknown.
Visited by OS (N K B) 12 December 1980.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Ketteringham L. 1997. A History of Lairg.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 31, 40.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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