MHG19704 - Worked Stone - Cuthill Links

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 8000 BC? to 551 BC?)

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A number of sites were investigated by the Tain Archaeology Group during the second stage of a study of the Cuthill Links post-glacial shingle bar and dune complex on the N side of the Dornoch Firth in 1994. Gridded collections were made on a series of transects across the Links. These indicated the presence of distinct working areas associated with the working of quartz, quartzite, chert, and flint, related to a series of eroding midden deposits.
At NH 745 873 A 10m by 10m box transect laid out over 80m of exposed gravels to N of main dune/midden systems. Surface collection indicated the existence of a light background scatter of quartz and flint. Two leaf-shaped chert arrowheads and a quartz ?blade flake were found. <1>

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<1> SHG514 Text/Publication/Article: Tain Archaeology Group. 1994. 'Cuthill Links Survey (Stage 2) (Dornoch parish): lithics scatters and midden deposits', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1994, p.43-4. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 43-4. 43-4.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 7450 8730 (4m by 4m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH78NW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	DORNOCH

Finds (2)

LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)
BLADE (Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 8000 BC? to 551 BC?)

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/92141 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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