Find Spot record 89 - CARISHADER, LEWIS

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Findspot of barbed & tanged quartz arrowhead

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Grid reference NB 09000 33000 (point)
Map sheet NB03SE
Island Lewis
Parish UIG, Western Isles

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NB03SE 3 09 33.

A barbed-and-tanged arrow-head of local translucent quartz found at Carishader and measuring 1.2" long by 0.7" broad by 013" thick, is in the School Museum at Nicholson Institute, Stornoway.
W J Gibson 1934.

No further information regarding this find spot. The Nicholson Institute collection has been dispersed.
Visited by OS (R L) 30 June 1969.


W J Gibson, 1933-4, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 428 fig. 1.1 (Bibliographic reference). SWE2077.

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  • --- Bibliographic reference: W J Gibson. 1933-4. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 68. 428-32. 428 fig. 1.1.

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Jul 28 2005 2:24PM

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