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This flint tool was found at Monquhitter in Aberdeenshire in a hoard containing over 63 objects, most natural rocks or fossils, buried in a cairn. The flint implement is of a quite rare Neolithic type, and is much older than the rest of the find.

The tool is highly polished.

The objects in the Monquhitter hoard were clearly carefully selected. Perhaps they were an offering to the spirits of the cairn, or perhaps merely buried there for safekeeping by someone who collected or dealt in charms.

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• Online ID: 000-100-035-859-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.EQ 333
• Date: Between 100 and 300 AD
  
• Material: Flint, greyish; leaf-shaped; highly polished
  
• Dimensions: 2.81" L
  
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• Where: Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Monquhitter, Cairnhill
  
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• Description: Leaf-shaped tool of highly polished greyish flint, from Monquhitter
  
• References:
  • Anderson, Joseph. Notices of cists discovered in a cairn at Cairnhill, Parish of Monquhitter, Aberdeenshire, and at Doune, Perthshire. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 36 (1901-2). 
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