MHG5450 - Stone Axehead - Bear Mor, Eigg

Summary

No summary available.

Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

Unlocated.

An imperforate stone axe, found in August 1889 on a road crossing Eigg, was lent to the Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art & Industry in Glasgow in 1911, by the Rev J E Somerville.
Palace of History 1911

Somerville was not a resident minister. Otherwise no further information.
Visited by OS (AA) 9 May 1972

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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred NM 4500 8499 (4m by 4m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NM48SE
Civil Parish SMALL ISLES
Geographical Area LOCHABER

Finds (1)

  • AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)

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Related Investigations/Events (0)

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