Find Spot record MHG6355 - Axe Hammer, Ballavoulen
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 5737 7384 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH57SE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | ALNESS |
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Full Description
An axe-hammer, which was found summer 1956 at NH 5738 7384, beside a stream at Ballavoulen, is in the possession of the finder, Ian Cameron, The Caravan, Newlands, Culloden Moor, Inverness. It is 9.5" long, 4.25" wide, and has an hour-glass perforation.
Info from I Cameron (letter, 6"plan) to OS 20 May 1971.
(NMS AH 249: NGR cited as NH c. 574 738). Massive axe-hammer of coarse-grained grey stone with hour-glass perforation. One face flat, the other convex; rough moulding either side of the shafthole, and the butt squared-off. Found on edge of a burn running S to Ballone, near Ballavoulin, Alnes, c1956.
NMS Archaeology Continuation Catalogue.
The Class I axe-hammer is held in Royal Museum of Scotland under accession number AH 249. It has been petrologically identified as quarz biotite cordierite garnet hornfels.
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG3163 Text/Publication/Article: Clough and Cummins, T H McK and W A. 1988. Lists of identifications. 141-264. 240, no. ROS 2.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
