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Tanged point

Description

Tanged flint projectile point with white external colour from Tain, Ross and Cromarty. This is a Scandinavian Neolithic class B tanged point, and its presence at Tain is enigmatic

Museum reference

X.1999.24

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Tanged point

Materials

Flint

Physical description

Flint; tanged

Collection place(s)

Tain, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Urquhart, Margaret, 1999 (fl.)

References

Saville, A 1998 'Tain (Tain parish), flint projectile point', Discovery and Excavation Scotland, 1998, 62.

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Canmore Site Record

Highland HER Monument Record

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