Find Spot record MHG5302 - Breakish

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Grid reference Centred NG 6799 2299 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG62SE
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish STRATH

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Centred 68 23.

A neolithic axe from Breakish (NG 6823), Skye was acquired for Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum in 1958.
Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum 1958.

Grid reference supplied by relative of finder. Found in Upper Breakish by a boy digging potatoes in 1957, and then donated to Glasgow Museums.

Oblong, 90mm long by 52mm wide by 22mm thick. Green stone with white flecks, possibly schist.
Glasgow Museum A.1958.1 <1>

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  • --- Text/Report: Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums. 1958. Annual report. . 44.
  • <1> Collection/Project Archive: Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands (ARCH). 2012. Digital site gazetteer and archive for ARCH Community Timeline Project: Broadford. Yes. Digital. Site 34.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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