Monument record MHG75 - Possible Lithic Working Site, Bruach Na Maorach
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NM 6449 6759 (20m by 20m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NM66NW |
| Old County | ARGYLL |
| Civil Parish | ARDNAMURCHAN |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Centred 645 676.
The artifacts from Kentra Bay cannot be closely dated within the Mesolithic period (RCAHMS 1980).
RCAHMS 1980.
NM 645 676. Mesolithic Flints, etc, Kentra Bay: Twenty-nine flakes and chips, cores, 'thumbnail' scraper, knife and one core and one flake of Rhum bloodstone. Heavily patinated (Thornber 1974).
Donated to the NMAS (PSAS 1978).
I Thornber 1974; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1978.
No further information.
Visited by OS (R L) 28 May 1970.
A small number of Late Larnian and Obanian-type mesolithic artifacts in flint and quartz have been found under peat below Bruach na Maorach (the Shell-fish Bank - name: NM 643 675). They were donated to the NMAS in 1960 by the late W A Munro.
A D Lacaille 1954; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1963.
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SHG201 Text/Publication/Article: Thornber, I. 1974. 'Ardnamurchan, Kentra Bay, mesolithic flints, etc', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1974, p.22. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 22. 22.
- --- SHG2399 Text/Publication/Volume: Lacaille, A D. 1954. The Stone Age in Scotland. 295; illust.
- --- SHG2660 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1980. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the monuments volume 3: Mull, Tiree, Coll and Northern Argyll (excluding the early medieval and later monuments of Iona). . 4.
- --- SHG586 Text/Publication/Article: PSAS. 1963. 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 94 1960-1, p.327-35. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 327-35. 327.
- --- SHG597 Text/Publication/Article: PSAS. 1978. 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 107 1975-6, p.333-40. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 333-40. 333, No. 4.
Finds (6)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Apr 9 2008 4:38PM
