MHG14300 - Worked stone - Cuthill Links
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Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
116 pieces of deliberately flaked stone were reported to HRC by D Richardson, Tourist Officer with Sutherland Tourist Board in 1991. A report prepared by Ann Clarke identifies them as follows:
There are 116 pieces of deliberately flaked stone. Most are made of pebble quartz,
but there are 15 flakes of an unidentified rock which is fine grained- possibly
limestone/quartzite.
Primary flake s : 12
Secondary flakes: 32
Inner flakes: 45
Chunks: 5
Core rejuvenation flakes: 2
Scalar Core: 1
?Platform core: 1
Non quartz inner flakes: 15
Flaked pebbles: 3 <1>
Findspot previously located at NGR 274000 886990, however, subsequent email correspondence from D Richardson in 2012 (who indicated that he took former Regional Archaeologist Bob Gourlay to the site at the time and that he still possessed the finds) stated that the findspot was actually some 1,100 feet to the east on the site of the later finds by the Tain Archaeological Group (see MHG17927). <2>
GIS spatial data amended accordingly [IS-L 23/04/2026].
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SHG24919 Text/Correspondence: Low, D. 12/06/1991. Correspondence between Dorothy Low, HRC and The Tourist Officer, Sutherland Tourist Board. Digital (scanned as PDF).
- <2> SHG30030 Text/Correspondence: Richardson, D.. 03/06/2012. Email regarding location of Findspot MHG14300. Unaffiliated. Yes. Digital. XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 7429 8709 (16m by 16m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH78NW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DORNOCH |
Finds (1)
- WORKED STONE (Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 8000 BC? to 551 BC?)
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