MHG35891 - Rockshelter - Toscaig 10

Summary

A hammerstone was found in a rockshelter during the Scotland's First Settlers Project.

Type and Period (2)

ROCK SHELTER (Mesolithic to 19th Century - 8000 BC? to 1900 AD?)
FINDSPOT (Mesolithic to 19th Century - 8000 BC? to 1900 AD?)

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User: Admin, Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004
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NG73NW 10 7211 3975
The following site was recorded between January and September 1999 as part of the Scotland's First Settlers Project. A full report has been lodged with the NMRS.
NG 7211 3975 Toscaig 10 Rock shelter.
B Finlayson, K Hardy and C Wickham-Jones 1999

A rockshleter was investigated during the Scotland's First Settlers Project in 1999. A plain hammerstone was found, comprising a rounded cobblestone with some pecking at the ends. Tools like this hammerstone might have been in use at any time up to and including the present day. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

<1> SHG24512 Text/Publication/Monograph: Hardy, K and Wickham-Jones, C (eds). 2007. Mesolithic and later sites around the Inner Sound, Scotland: the work of the Scotland's First Settlers project 1998-2004, Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports 31. Scottish Archaeological Internet Report. 31. Digital. Section 2.2.78, SFS 42.

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Grid reference	Centred NG 7211 3975 (20m by 20m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG73NW
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	APPLECROSS

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External Links (2)

http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-310-1/dissemination/pdf/sair31.pdf (Link to published Scottish Archaeological Internet Report 31)
https://canmore.org.uk/site/157980 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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