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Five stone axeheads

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From Loch Airigh na Ceardaich, Balallan, Lochs, Lewis, Outer Hebrides

Five stone axeheads
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These stone axeheads were found in Loch Airigh na Ceardaich at Balallan at Lochs on Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. They were deposited into the loch together, probably as a religious offering, sometime between 3800 and 1800 BC.

Axe head of grey-green stone, with a broad flattened butt and relatively straight sides, from Loch Airigh na Ceardaich, Balallan, Lochs, Lewis

Classical sources suggest that native religious rites were practised in natural places rather than monumental buildings. Watery places in particular had religious significance, and were places where objects were ritually deposited.

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