Find Spot record 342 - NEWMARKET, LEWIS

NB43NW 2 4263 3676.

NB 4263 3676. Three stone axes and a flint fragment were found in 1977 in peat cuttings at this spot. The axes, which measured 110mm x 56mm x 30mm, 115mm x 26mm x 29mm, and 109mm x 50mm x 22mm, were found arranged touching with tips down, while the flint fragment lay beneath them, at the bottom of the peat. It measured 37mm x 30mm x 12mm. These items are in the possession of the finder. Discovery and Excavation, Scotland 1977; Information contained in letter from M and G Ponting to J Close-Brooks (NMAS) 20 February 1979.

The position of the axes when found suggests that they were buried in a container, perhaps a bag. They are made from foliated quartzitic gneiss. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1980.

J Close-Brooks, 1977-8a, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 356-7 (Bibliographic reference). SWE1154.

DES, 1977b, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 45 (Bibliographic reference). SWE10656.