Kintore
Axehead (Flint)
Site Name Kintore
Classification Axehead (Flint)
Canmore ID 18580
Site Number NJ71NE 24
NGR NJ 79 16
NGR Description NJ c. 79 16
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Kintore
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ71NE 24 c. 79 16.
An axe of grey flint from Kintore (NJ 79 16), measuring 6 1/4 by 2ins (159 by 51mm), was purchased from the collection of John Rae, Aberdeen, in 1892. A cast of this axe had previously been donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) by John Sturrock in 1881 (Accession no: AF 131) and a presumably identical cast was sold with his collection in 1889. The axe was found in 1881.
NMAS 1892; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1893; J Sturrock 1889.
There is no change to the existing record.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 25 October 1996.