NMS Archaeology Object 131520: X.EQ 70 - Whetstone


Description

Summary


Early Bronze Age whetstone of micaceous schist with one end partly perforated, from Meiklerigg Farm, Stenton, East Lothian


Accession Number


X.EQ 70


Other references

Not recorded1880

Original description

COLLECTIONS FROM SEPULCHRAL DEPOSITS: Whetstone of micaceous schist, 3 1/16" long, one end partly perforated; from Meiklerigg, Stenton, Haddingtonshire.

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)

Meiklerigg, Stenton, East Lothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1880

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Lady Mary Nisbet Hamilton

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

Image of Early Bronze Age whetstone of micaceous schist with one end partly perforated, from Meiklerigg Farm, Stenton, East Lothian © National Museums Scotland
Image of Early Bronze Age whetstone of micaceous schist with one end partly perforated, from Meiklerigg Farm, Stenton, East Lothian © National Museums Scotland

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