Fly Mill
Barbed And Tanged Arrowhead (Quartz)
Site Name Fly Mill
Classification Barbed And Tanged Arrowhead (Quartz)
Alternative Name(s) Sweetie Mill; Sweerie Hill
Canmore ID 1271
Site Number HU53NW 5
NGR HU 5086 3887
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Bressay
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU53NW 5 5086 3887
A barbed and tanged arrowhead of white quartz, 1 1/4" long,was found on Sweerie Hill at HU 5087 3888 by Mr J Deyell (who indicated the site personally) in May 1964 while cutting peats. (Mr J Deyell, Grindischool, Bressay, Shetland.)
It is now in the possession of Mr D A Robertson, Schoolmaster, Lerwick who will donate it to the Lerwick Museum.
Site surveyed at 1/10560
Visited by OS (NKB), 8 September 1964.