Find Spot record MHG3831 - Inverness Railway Station, stone axe

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Grid reference Centred NH 6680 4550 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH64NE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish INVERNESS AND BONA
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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Area NH 668 455. A neolithic file or polisher, and the top of a polished stone axe, found when digging the foundations of a railway stores building at Inverness, is in Inverness Museum (no acc. no.).
Visited by OS (J L D) 31 March 1960.

Analysis of a thin section of this axe fragment shows that it is of jadeite. It is probably of Campbell Smith's Type Ia. In Inverness Public Library.
D V Clarke 1969; W C Smith 1974.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Smith, W C. 1972. 'Second supplement to the catalogue of jade axes from sites in the British Isles', Proc Prehist Soc Vol. 38 1972, p.408-11. Proc Prehist Soc. 408-11. 411.
  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Clarke, D V. 1969. 'Two jadeite axes and two arrowheads of Antrim porcellanite and Rhum bloodstone from Scotland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 100 1967-8, p.185-8. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 185-8. 185-7; fig. 1 No. 2.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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