Accession No
1951.1048.31
Description
One tranchet, or transverse, shaped arrowhead.
Place
Europe; British Isles; Scotland; Argyll; Ardnamurchan; Kentsa; Gorten Bay; Cul na Croise
Period
?Mesolithic ?Neolithic ?Chalcolithic ?Bronze Age
Source
Lethbridge, T. C. [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1951.1048.31
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
From the old land surface, described on card in old catalogue card for 1951.1047 at Cul na Croise, Gorten Bay, Kentsa, Ardnamurchan.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (References)
Lacaille, A.D. (1951). 'A Stone Industry from Morar, Inverness-shire; Its Obanian (Mesolithic) and Later Affinities'. Archaeologia, 94. pp. 129-130.
Event Date 1951
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
9 microliths;
1 awl;
1 leaf arrowhead;
1 barbed and tanged arrowhead;
1 tranchet axehead;
19 scrapers;
2 cores and fragments
Event Date 1951
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Amendments / updates)
The original number assigned to this record was 34. However 42 objects were counted. The original catalogue card stated there were 41 objects which is obviously closer to the number seen in the box and therefore easier to see how a mistake in counting occured.
Event Date 3/1/2020
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
One tranchet, or transverse, shaped arrowhead.
Event Date 3/1/2020
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:286219
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