MHG2257 - Arrowhead - Loch of Mey

Summary

Arrowhead, Loch of Mey

Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 551 BC)

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Full Description

A flint arrowhead found near the Loch of Mey, Caithness (ND 270 736) was one of the items purchases by David Balfour of Balfour and Trenabie, Orkney, at the sale of Kirkwall Museum, and presented by him to the NMAS in October 1862.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1865.

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--- SHG634 Text/Publication/Article: PSAS. 1865. 'Donations to and purchases for the Museum', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 5 1862-4, p.9-18,30-3,61-5,81-4,109-16,122-9,185-9,213-22,239-42,284-9,300-3,322-331. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 9-18,30-3,61-5,81-4,109-1. 15-16.

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Grid reference	Centred ND 2699 7359 (4m by 4m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	ND27SE
Civil Parish	CANISBAY
Geographical Area	CAITHNESS

Finds (1)

ARROWHEAD (Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 551 BC?)

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External Links (1)

https://canmore.org.uk/site/8882 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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