Summary

Stone shafthole axe head from the Pentlands, probably imported from Eastern Lower Saxony, 1000 - 0 B.C.

Accession Number

X.EQ 64

Other references

Original description

COLLECTIONS FROM SEPULCHRAL DEPOSITS: Hammer of greenstone, 4 1/2 in. long, perforated, from Pentland, Midlothian.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Pentland, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1863

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Professor Daniel Wilson

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

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