31670: LOCH AIRIGH NA CEARDAICH, BALALLAN, LEWIS – FINDSPOT (Neolithic – 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Summary:
FINDSPOT (Neolithic – 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Findspot of five stone axe heads
Location:
NB 277 223
Full description:
NB22SE 1 277 223.
Five stone axe-heads, probably deposited as a hoard, were found by the shore of the loch by I and R Mackenzie. Pending analysis, two of the axe-heads may be axe-factory products, but the remainder are almost certainly of local rocks (Information from the ‘Stornoway Gazette’ 19 September 1981).
Now in NMAS.
T Cowie 1981
References:
1981. ‘Loch Airigh na Ceardaich, Balallan (Lochs p) stone axe-heads’, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland. 50
1983. ‘Donations to and purchases for the Museum and Library’, Proc Soc Antiq Scot. Part No 113. 653
Acknowledgement:
Information provided by Western Isles Council Sites & Monuments Record, January 2006.
Record Location
Details
- Record Type:
- Historical or Archaeological Site
- Type Of Site:
- Findspot
- Period:
- Neolithic (4000-2350 BC)
- SMRRecord ID:
- MWE4147
- Record Maintained by:
- CECL
Related Media
Stone Age find