Kintore
Borer(S) (Flint)
Site Name Kintore
Classification Borer(S) (Flint)
Canmore ID 18600
Site Number NJ71NE 40
NGR NJ 79 16
NGR Description NJ c. 79 16
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18600
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Kintore
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ71NE 40 c. 79 16.
Nine pointed implements of flint,from 1 inch to 1 3/4 inches (25 to 44mm) in length, probably borers, found at Kintore [name: NJ 79 16], were purchased for the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries, 1892.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1893.
(Classification amended to flint borers). There are ten flint borers from Kintore in the Royal Museum of Scotland (NMS AB 568-677); they were donated to the Museum in 1892 from the Rae Collection.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 29 October 1996.