MHG3553 - Antfield
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
- CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NH63NW 7 6163 3755.
(NH 61633755) Stone Battle Axe found A.D. 1870 {NAT}
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1906)
A fine basalt axe-head, found in a cairn at Antfield, is in Mr. Stewart's collection of fossils and specimens.
ISSFC 1888.
This axe was discovered by ploughing about 18 chains north of Antfield steading, and is in the possession of Mr. Stewart, Free Church, Schoolmaster, Dores.
Name Book 1871.
No trace of a cairn is to be seen at this spot. At NH 61523761, however, lying in a hollow at the foot of a SE-facing slope, is a low, spread mound of small stones, partly grass-covered, and measuring c.25.0m in diameter and 1.0m high; but from its situation and character, is more probably a field clearance heap than a burial cairn. The site of the axe find is located at the top of rising ground.
Visited by OS (E G C) 20 March 1962.
No change to previous field report.
Visited by OS (N K B) 20 January 1972.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG3353 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 22, 14.
- --- SHG767 Text/Publication/Article: ISSFC. 1888. 'Excursion to Inverfarigaig', Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club Vol. 2 1880-3, p.379-80. Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club. 379-80. 379.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6163 3754 (14m by 14m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH63NW |
| Civil Parish | DORES |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/13186 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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