Find Spot record 1398 - MINGULAY

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Axe-hammer

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Grid reference NL 56200 83340 (point)
Map sheet NL58SE
Parish BARRA, Western Isles

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NL58SE 15 5620 8334.

A fragment of a perforated cobble, tentatively identified as an axe-h ammer, was found in 1975 250m SSW of the modern chapel, in a pit at a depth of 0.6m. It measures c. 15cm long, 14cm wide, and 7cm thick.
C B Buxton 1981.


C B Buxton, 1981, The Archaeology of Mingulay Bay, Mingulay, Outer Hebrides, 37-8 (Unpublished document). SWE11894.

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  • --- Unpublished document: C B Buxton. 1981. The Archaeology of Mingulay Bay, Mingulay, Outer Hebrides. 37-8.

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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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