Find Spot record MHG3831 - Inverness Railway Station, stone axe
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Location
| 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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Full Description
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)
- --- SHG1485 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.
- --- SHG1772 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
