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Lerwick

Polished Axehead(S) (Stone)

Site Name Lerwick

Classification Polished Axehead(S) (Stone)

Canmore ID 1048

Site Number HU44SE 19

NGR HU 47 41

NGR Description HU c. 47 41

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Lerwick
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Shetland
  • Former County Shetland

Archaeology Notes

HU44SE 19 c. 47 41.

Three polished stone axes from Shetland, one of them from Lerwick (HU 47 41), which were formerly in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, were donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1979-80.

Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1981. (Donations).

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