MHG3138 - Flints - Loch Insh

Summary

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Type and Period (1)

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

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

Several flints have been found in this area, on the NW shore of Loch Insh. On the beach were two flints, one a micro-core of yellow-brown colour. Further up the shore was a large ?scraper of greyish flint. These flints will be given to Inverness Museum.
J B Kenworthy 1974.

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 8300 0490 (4m by 4m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NH80SW
Civil Parish ALVIE
Geographical Area BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

Finds (2)

  • CORE (Mesolithic - 8000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL)? (Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 8000 BC? to 551 BC?)

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