Canmore Site 25436: CRIEFF - CRIEFF - AXEHEAD (PORCELLANITE), POLISHED AXEHEAD (STONE)


Description

Site NameCRIEFF
Other Name(s)n/a
Site NumberNN82SE 16
Broad ClassTOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Site Type(s)AXEHEAD (PORCELLANITE), POLISHED AXEHEAD (STONE)
NGRNN 86 21
NGR accuracyNGR given to the nearest 1km
Local AuthorityPERTH AND KINROSS
ParishCRIEFF
Record created1988-03-28
Last updated2000-04-12

Archaeology Notes

NN82SE 16 c. 86 21. A polished stone axe from Crieff (NN 86 21) was purchased for the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1909-10 (Accession no: AF 596). It measures 5 1/2 by 2 1/4 ins. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1910 A second stone axe from Crieff was an exhibit in the Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry, held in Glasgow in 1911, on loan from A Henderson Bishop. (No details of this axe are given; it is presumably now in the Bishop Collection, Hunterian Museum, Glasgow). Palace of History 1911 Axe 'AF 596' is classified as Group IX. There is also a fragment of an axe of tuff from Crieff in Glasgow Art Galleries and Museum (Acc No: '55-96 un). P R Ritchie and J G Scott 1981. NMS AF 16 (Clough and Cummins PER 7) has been petrologically attributed to group IX (porcellanite from Tievebulliagh and Rathlin, Northern Ireland). GAGM '55-96un (PER 12) has identified as tuff. T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.

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