MHG3138 - Flints - Loch Insh

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 8000 BC? to 551 BC?)

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Several flints have been found in this area, on the NW shore of Loch Insh. On the beach were two flints, one a micro-core of yellow-brown colour. Further up the shore was a large ?scraper of greyish flint. These flints will be given to Inverness Museum.
J B Kenworthy 1974.

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--- SHG155 Text/Publication/Article: Kenworthy, J B. 1974. 'Alvie and Insh. NW shore of Loch Insh, flints', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1974, p.40. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 40. 40.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 8300 0490 (4m by 4m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH80SW
Civil Parish	ALVIE
Geographical Area	BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

Finds (2)

CORE (Mesolithic - 8000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
SCRAPER (TOOL)? (Mesolithic to Late Bronze Age - 8000 BC? to 551 BC?)

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/14919 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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